The bottom line is that you'll want to learn from someone for the first handful of deals and progressively take more and more on yourself until you can fly on your own.

Section 8 refers to a voucher that some people use to pay for their housing.

People should stop applying sale of goods theories to it.    

It usually works out if you have a great property because people will say "wow this is an amazing property for a killer deal" and youll end up with a glowing first few reviews if it pans out. then you are off to the races

People like it because you don’t need to own property—just lease it, list it on Airbnb, and make money if guests pay more than your rent and expenses.The catch?

Usually, when a new client approaches me with a wish list, there are often only a handful of properties actively on the market that are genuine prospects, and these are usually the hottest listings in any market.

Do you guys ever take the risk of buying a foreclosure at sheriff sale with the previous owner still living in it? How do you calculate rehab cost given you can’t look inside?

We like self-storage because even if there is a recession, and people downsize, those people will have a need for self-storage, as evidenced by storage occupancy rates during past recessions.

I'm a full time agent and investor in the area that works a ton with VA buyers and i LOVE helping people house hack, it is definitely my favorite strategy and my passion helping people do it.

Or even just use the FB group where people bring deals for a finders fee, you evaluate and then pay a % to a TC to help close the deal.