Your mentor’s advice about starting with a rental property is solid, and a duplex could be a great option for house hacking.

Or considering the membership buyout option? 

(to actually take advantage of the economy of scale) I am not sure even that is a rare gem.

What’s your vision for your next property - do you see yourself leaning towards value-add projects, or are you focusing more on turnkey options?

The asset was sold a couple years later and the operator gave all investors the option to exchange into a new acquisition or liquidate.

Everyone we have spoken to only considers short term rent as an option.

Their job is to keep investor capital allocated and returning, so there's only a deal if they can actually redeploy the capital into something better.As a buyer, you need to establish a lot of credibility for a deal this size.

In the end, it may be the same amount of money or more, but it will just have to be structured differently as you navigate the shifting market.Northwest Valley would be a good option. 

And plenty of people wholesale mls all the time and get deals it's actually quite common.

Investors are already on board with the options weve got, just shopping for the best option.