We also host a meetup locally w/ a massive network to pool from. 

I signed a 1 year lease last month so kinda stuck in that until fall 2025 (unless I broke lease or paid massive amounts to cancel it).

Vermont is a STR region with a massive 4-6 month shoulder season.

This was a massive leap for someone with zero prior real estate experience.

Wealth is built NOT flipped :) BIGGEST mistake of my life was not keeping 50 or so more of the 500 I flipped in my market, MASSIVE mistake that cost me about 4 mill 

I have 8 doors with them and this last year one of my homes had massive fire damage. 

The biggest mistake of my life was not keeping 50 or so more of the 500ish I flipped, MASSIVE mistake.

This is before even the problem that these techniques and strategies work only in a limited number of opportunities, and these opportunities can only be recognized by someone with knowledge of real estate principles, law and finance. interestingly, what seems to sell nowadays is this pop cultural belief that education in anything but specific techniques is worthless; that something called motivation, combined with a positive mindset and an unwillingness to accept reality will triumph over anything else and lead to massive success.  

@Kyle PascualFirst of all I would get out of stock and sit in cash for the short term the Fed as you know just drop rates by 1/2 of a percent last week over the last 30 years anytime that has happened the economy has been in a recession within 6 months and the stock market has had a massive correction.

Bakersfield is also massive with nothing naturally stopping outward sprawl.