The money made out of forced appreciation may not be worth it for most people, but as a guy who also loves some sweat equity there are no shortages of properties on the outskirts of Raleigh that are distressed and are under market value.

We currently use the BRRR method and put lots of sweat equity in.

I have over 50 doors but have basically done it the old way by saving up down payments etc. and buying extremely distressed and sweat equity Ing them back to life.

Don’t sweat it.

We do complete kitchen and bath renovations and re-designs often down to the studs which far exceeds a typical turnover renovation where you'd maybe do minor repairs, paint and lay floor.I think I could probably manage 200+ units using Buildium property management software (or some other full featured app) without breaking a sweat.

This might be more sweat equity than you're looking for, but it's zoned R2 and in an area that's seen a lot of growth in the past couple years.

Some plans include house hacking, seller loans, flipping, creative deals, private cash, group deals, sweat equity, and government help.

You putting in $30K-$45K at year's end on a deal, with cash that you have accumulated with sacrifice, sweat, and discipline, is a huge vote of confidence to many prospective partners, and will make you very attractive. 

You want to go to meetups, meet people, and fall into a mentor by adding deal options, sweat equity, or some other skillset to help them.

In most states, we have a severe housing shortage right now, and not enough homes for buyers- you just need the RIGHT buyer who won't mind a little sweat equity to live in a dream location in a fabulous house!