It also allows you to make yourself known to a larger mass of members with whom you may do business with some day or just get advice from, either in a thread or a direct PM or email.So, stay active here, both reading and posting and watch how your RE biz takes off!

Jeff points out an interestinjg perspective, one that I agree with but did not mention in my original thoughts.I think the mass "overpaying" has really hindered us savvy investors from getting good deals in quantity.

However, the whole point of crowd funding is to democratize capital raising and allow mass volumes of small investors to participate in what was normally left to the private placement clubs.

Everything you buy - EVERYTHING - especially food, has some wholesaling involved at some point be it in the raw materials used to manufacture it, the bulk discount obtained by shipping mass quantities, or the actual product you purchase at point of sale.SO, why should real estate be any different?

I try to find properties close to mass transit like BART, or close to high paying jobs.  

Literally, the cheapest SF in this particular section of Mass! 

But they just made some changes to the rules for commercially zoned properties that are much more restrictive from what I heard.See the following links for more info:Short Term RentalsOWNING SHORT TERM RENTALS IN NEW ORLEANSA Guide To Orleans Parish's New Short-Term Rental RulesHere are a couple of recent news articles:Weak enforcement of short-term rental rules could cost NOLA millionsNew Orleans council wants more muscle in fight against illegal short-term rentals

People are so obsessed with finding leads that they believe everything the masses say.There is a difference between people that could potentially sell their house (no mention here of any discount mind you) and people that are so motivated to sell they are willing to accept an offer below market value.No software can produce the latter.

Kind of like the brain version of going through a sport's motion enough times for it to get stored into subconscious muscle memory.

During this time he should be spending at least a half an hour to an hour a day browsing zillow and analyzing deals to start building that muscle.