But again, I say if you can tap into the traveling nurse network that's the $-machine.

Connecting with a mentor or support network can be done through local real estate meetups, forums, or virtual mentorship programs.

Could virtual currensy possibly be the 3rd wave?

Even virtual?

Virtually all 5+ units in Reno where the buyer is using bank financing will require 50+% down.

(Ask me how I know this.)You'll be priced out of virtually any quality market as you'll need to put anywhere from 25-40% down if you'd like to cash flow in a deal you don't have to significantly rehab (or found off-market) with interest rates where they're at (and don't expect them to go down to 4% anytime this decade either--a 3-4% interest rate is historically low and investors in the 2010s were lucky and spoiled). 

Those few that are still buying to hold virtually always are doing large value add that virtually always is more than just a rehab.  

Its one thing in an air bnb to steal the Kurig machine its another to break into and steal all the jewelry guns and other valuables.

I do remember the days when I could of harvested the coins, but I had a Win98 machine hooked up to a dial-up modem.

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