You need strike that balance where you're getting enough coverage.

The bubble will burst eventually so maybe just build capital and be ready to strike when the time is right. 

Can you scrape together $5k to buy and renovate an Airstream and strike a deal to park it somewhere and run short term rentals?

I am a recent graduate from UNCW in Exercise Science with plans to continue to graduate school to secure a career that is a bit more recession-proof than real estate, just in case another 2020 level disaster should strike again.

If you have the money (or at least access to someone's liquid capital), and you know what the heck you want (you have a realistic goal and plan for how to execute it) and you ask enough people, then surely the deals will come.If you're looking for a homerun type of deal then odds are you'll strike out or end up on the sidelines doing absolutely nothing. 

Going after a home run while doing a 1031 exchange will often cause you to strike out, way too much stress, and you put your investment at risk. 45 day identification period is strict.

Unless you strike gold building this OOS team, you'll most likely have a much better chance of success if you were local on that first deal. 

To put it mildly, mortgage loan providers are a key target.When you are moving, busy packing and living in a box maze for weeks unable to find your laptop and password info, thieves know this is the perfect time to strike.

A calculated COC of 7.5% at year one on a c class mf strikes me as being way way way low.

It's good to be exploratory, but things like this strike me as other ways to procrastinate working in the business.