In theory all of those things work.. in reality they rarely do if your not in the business full time IE  an agent or broker.. on the street level .and its regional as hell .. in some markets you can trade real estate like a used car broker you can buy properties for 5 to 20k each and do something with them.in other markets that is not enough money for a earnest money deposit .. so market matters.. your goals matter of course and your ability to capture capital or financing.Keep in mind Brandon is and has invest at least in the beginning when he used to actually participate on the forums.. in a little town on in central coastal Wa. that was basically dead and dying timber AG fishing town.. and properties were not expensive and you had motivated sellers.. he was not in Seattle..

It's like you want to be shown how to be a good Horse Trader?

Don't invest in gold or bitcoin.

The truth is that buying from investors (call it turnkey or whatever) rather than from homeowners is almost always a losing proposition for the inexperienced out of area investor for the same reason that newbie commodity traders always get squished. 

(Hence why do you think Bitcoin is getting so much popularity ) Bottom line is there’s a draw back every 8-10 years so we have been overdue for a correction for a long time..

You can call me day trader whatever but I use real time data and not opinio.

Try getting a 30 year loan to buy Bitcoin or invest in the Stock Market, ain't gonna happen lol.

I own a little bit of bitcoin...haha.Definitely talk with your CPA about offsetting profits and losses ...cash flow is only one way to make money and evaluate REIs Good luck to you!

I think Lincoln Village in Stockton is a great area to invest in, I tried to purchase a property close to Trader Joe's but our numbers were too far apart.

buy bitcoin..hold til end of year and then pay cash for your first multi family complex