Rarely appreciate in value as you are selling a component of it and makes it very difficult to maximize value.

Hey @Mariangela Ciciarelli, it is a difficult market that many have stated.It is going to depend on your budget.

I’m a Marine veteran who has spent most of my 15 year professional career post service in project management across multiple industries like aviation, hospitality, tech, and CNC machining.

For conversation sake: It seems you are well into your career to be able to buy great properties and sell for great value/profit.

If you have that, you can attract equity albeit smaller projects can be difficult and you will be reliant on friends and family relationship.

Difficult, but possible to do. 

It also makes evaluating new deals a bit more difficult because with all of the reserves, management, and cashflow points I'm looking for tithes may take out half of the net cash flow or more.

Just frustrated with how difficult it is for people to adopt intelligence and common sense, backed by data and evidence, yet it is effortless for people to religiously embrace absolute NONSENSE.

Short-term rentals tend to do better with cash flow, which is increasingly difficult in a saturated, heavily regulated market.

What are some careers paths or jobs that allow me to pick up experience that will help in real estate investing while working for someone else?