Buying an out of state rental property from a realtor, wholesaler or off facebook or zillow etc as opposed to from an operation or turnkey provider who has an active, substancial, and effective boots on the ground team or teams to support you after you close on the sale. 

But, I bet-ya it's also effective.  

You’re able to learn the basics of a real estate investment with lower risk and build equity at the same time.Because you're in the military, you'll be able to enter a property with 0% down which means you can leverage your money way more effectively. 

This decision effectively reinstates the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirements nationwide, pending the Department of the Treasury’s appeal resolution.Click herefor the full article which includes the new reporting deadlines.

If you have favorable terms on those first mortgages, you might find that a HELOC or a second-position loan is more cost-effective than doing a full refinance or a DSCR loan.

I’m about to be 29 and I’m hoping this really takes effect in my life in my 40’s.

If you have not heard of the Dunning Kruger effect, look it up.

@Jay Hinrichs has posted on that in the past.Many people like to try and hide their identity because of the spotlight effect which refers to how people often overestimate how much others notice (or care about) them, effectively inflating their own importance in society. 

.- there are ways to never pay tax on gains (1031, owe until death, etc)- cost segregation can in effect have RE acquired at no cost- sweat equity can produce additional return.  

Surprisingly most zoning in the US didn't come into effect until the 1950's and most lots in developed areas were created before this.