I don't care if I'm ahead or behind of anyone else because my goals are not relative to anyone else's progress.I get your point that staying active keeps your skills sharp and that if you're active when others aren't you will have access to opportunities that they do not.

I believe you are in OR, one of my favorite States, but a long flight from pretty much everywhere.

Also tweaking your pricing on VRBO and Airbnb so you are active and it pushes you higher in the search results.Tweaking the price that gets pushed to these platforms works as well.

On Airbnb, despite earning Guest Favorite status, I am still striving to achieve Superhost status.

Cash for keys is definitely the best way to get people out in the day when I was very active at court houses steps cash for keys was by far the best way to get folks to move and bad tenants in a state with bad eviction laws to me would be the preferred method. you simply pay them when they are leaving the house not before.. that works fine and you give them more than 1k .. you make it worth their while..

@Rajesh Kasturi My favorite MTR market for cash flow AND appreciation is Portland, OR. 

Hey all,My name is Tony, I'm 35, just started actively pursuing financial independence and have been really hammering away at learning everything I can.

I live here and I haven't seen more FSBO but I'm seeing a lot more wholesaling activity.  

I get FinTech is a high-risk activity, but imagine the industry will consolidate to one or a few strong players.

This would be an easy decision however I do not think you can come close even with you being active in the process.