@Scott TrenchPeople thought last year we reached the peak but reality is we are just scratching the surface as many deals that were in trouble were hoping for rates to come down have not - so it’s gonna get worse before it gets betterThis one seems sketch to me honestly as if original poster is reading this why wait four years ?

The grass is not always necessarily greener, though it may appear to be on the surface. 

I'm not sure how this could be structured so speak with a lender but on the surface that would be great if you could get two properties with zero down.

A year of rent sounds great on the surface but I’m wondering why they wouldn’t just pursue a normal year long rental…maybe they’ve been bad renters or have bad credit or low income.

I find it difficult to step into foreclosures since, in my experience, books and courses I've crossed by are very surface level. 

I have read and watched a lot about it so I have surface understanding of how it works, but I feel that I do not really know much about details like tax implications , among other things that could influence my decision to start investing.

Here's only a start, barely scratching the surface.1.

An investor agent sounds great on the surface.

(Local cities to Auburn, AL) This is why I started to lean towards short term rentals, but I only started to scratch the surface on all the details behind operating and maintaining STR's.

One of the factors: easy-access resources like oil reserves just a few feet under the surface are gone.