And thanks for the link, I did stumble across that at some point in my research, but still seems like most of the platforms aren't ready to accept small-fish money yet.

Bigger fish investors pay higher than asking and cash for those properties.

I live in a oil/forestry town in northern Alberta where people are often cash rich but sometimes credit poor.

I went to Fry's Electronics (Best Buy probably has them too) and bought a packet of 4 window alarms for $10 - I then took some fishing line and tied one end to the the alarm switch and ran the line across the gate and tied it to the other side at about ankle height.

I'm currently a car dealer who's fishing for more value in my world.

I have considered using it as an Airbnb as it is near mountains, fishing, hunting, etc.  

Let me explain.For ex. the decline in oil prices and resultant job losses in the Houston market caused many Class A tenants to downgrade to Class B, maybe even C.

:) Fosho, and I hear the bass fishing is better nearest Memphis.

While our real estate market in Houston is not the disaster that many predicted with the Oil and Gas slowdown, lots of statistics point to a slowdown in real estate. 

On the first car, everything is clean, oiled, and the calipers and pads come out no problem and they are done in 30 minutes.