Being a military member house hacking is the easiest way but I’m also open to learning new methods and if at all possible learning from others’ mistakes. 

If you’re using a car for business, log your mileage or depreciate the car; whichever method is favorable to you.

So while I greatly appreciate all the different methods of making money with real estate and even more impressed with all the hustlers that grind here in this community, I just need properties that I can get at a good deal that cash flow and appreciate while minimizing the trouble commonly associated with real estate. 

Here is what one of the new people I coach from Socal did with a property in Phoenix
I helped him find. He has taken his training seriously. It’s a Subto (Subject To) that I helped him buy “off market” and he chose t...

We host Free Meetups in Boston, Worcester, Lowell, Manchester, Portsmouth, and Biddeford. 3️⃣ BRRRR Method (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat):Find distressed properties, add value through renovations, and refinance to pull most of your cash back out.

@Shiloh Lundahl Awesome, thank you ok so having that 10-20k as a buy in is important, to first getting into it.... it helps get those first deals started.... just as an aside : I am also just starting out doing finder's fee methods - with tax foreclosure overages refunds, and assett recovery / state funds refunds... so I think those can help me to get that intial 10-20,000.... it might take me some months, but I think I can get there.... that's my initial plan, at leastAnd if I can get that saved up, then that will help me break into deals....

For example, the valuation method is different, and banks lend on it differently. 

Successful realtors prospect for listings using the same methods as investors.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

PS5, TV and two gamer chairs is about the same cost or less than an arcade unit Any extra concerns or methods you take to make sure your gaming system does not get broken?