I changed my major from Accounting to Real Estate back in 2018 when I was attending Glendale Community College.

House hacking is the BEST way to get into real estate investing and that's how I personally got started as well too.

The other 10% are scammers, or have mental issues, or have perpetual money problems, or are career criminals, or psychopaths, or have massive entitlement issues, lack anger management, or are spousal abusers, or can’t hold a job, or don’t want to work, etc.  

I agree that with one property you can just use OTA pricing tools.  5 mins a day for adjusting and you will save money and do it yourself.

Insurance is definitely one of the parts that can be creative and save you a lot of money!

(and money of course, but that can come from these things)

@Ned Carey,A solo 401k is not subject to UBIT on leveraged real estate only.

@Matthew McleanBigger Pockets is a great place to find an accountant specializing in real estate taxation.A good real estate accountant can save you thousands of dollars by leveraging entity selection and formation, tax deductions, cost segregations, bonus depreciation and tax planning.I recommend finding an accountant specializing in real estate taxation, business taxation, financial planning and tax planning.Consider working with your accountant remotely to expand your options.I would also recommend looking for an accountant willing to work with you throughout the year.

Neither of those pencil out.I think you'd be wise to save the money and find your own leads.

Chris, when you say 95% of brokers are eliminated for not being able to provide successful transaction references, are you referring to actual mortgage brokers, or are you referring to the people that attend a “cash flow” seminar and believe  the easy money hype?