Id recommend connecting with someone who can help you shop more investment-specific/rental programs on a national scale.

Most people who complain about Airdna overestimating their revenue think you can just list your house on Airbnb and profits will pour in (South Park understood this fallacy best). 

I'd be happy to connect further regarding your questions about more specific and nuanced details. 

I'm California-based where there aren't any real deals in my area, so I'm exploring Detroit as an alternative real estate investment market - due to the combination of it being a strong market and my having connections in the area. 

It's a great way to increase your net worth and these loans can also be used to pull cash out of a property as it appreciates allowing you to reinvest money into new deals.Happy to connect to discuss further. 

Looking forward to hearing more about your journey and connecting—mahalo for sharing!

happy to connect and help you on your journey!

People have to remember that the seller finance space fills the gaps that the banks leave behind. 

I'm in Oregon which basically whips people for being landlords but 99% of your problems are solved by getting good tenants so screen, screen, screen. 

I am considering getting into this space (looking at some courses), but worried that its too late, and that deep local market knowledge/understanding of buyers/connection with developers etc is required to make this work, which only incumbent/long term investors will have and would be hard for a new entrant starting from scratch to catch-up...is my hypothesis valid in your opinion ?