Taking apps and structuring loans is only one part; you also have to understand marketing, lead gen and prospecting, and day to day business management.

I think having a rental within driving distance, where you can afford it, in a market that will grow long term....this is the starting place.Whatever you buy today you'll be glad to have in 5 years or 10 years.Start where you can and grow from there.

With today’s automation I would love to get a bill for $40, or zero some months.

Through the 1st half of February there were exactly 9 more units of inventory than in Feb 2024.And in Today's NewsKash Patel Gets to Work – Immediately Moves 1,500 Agents from HeadquartersBuilding, 500 FBI Agents Moved to AlabamaMay be a good time to be selling in Alabama. 

How much is the property worth today?

None of these strategies are new, all existed when I purchased by first investment but none were as popular as they are today.

Today they accepted the offer.      

You would pay $950k for that property because it’s a deal based on today’s value?

The reason for my post today is to clarify some uncertainties that are holding me up. 

I would agree with @Greg Scott , I think a lot of that comes down to the gap between seller expectations and today's reality.