People complain a lot about how expensive it is to buy in their market, making investing in their own backyard next to impossible.

It's very difficult but not impossible.

I've been trying to get my agents license for a long time now and due to unexpected expenses and health issue it been nearly impossible to save anything.

I'm trying to work out the numbers but it seems like without a substantial down payment, cash flow is impossible thus eliminating any type of rental/brrrr strategy.

Another concern is, it also seems impossible to get a straight answer on whether LIDs are deductible for rental properties; it is clear you cannot deduct them as a property tax if it's a primary residence, not sure about on an investment.

Flipping houses is something that I was looking to do for long time, but it was impossible until I started working as a real estate agent.

Not the most fun thing to try and do but also not impossible.

Although after research, seems nearly impossible to find.

You might have a shot at an appraisal rebuttal, you might not, it's impossible to know since your analysis so far has focused on an irrelevant metric (price per square foot).

I know you'll be successful because with this level of perseverance, it's impossible to fail in the long term.