I am going to be the contrarian on this subject.. 1. the pre license course is valuable as it teach's the vocabulary of real estate and the basic laws of your state.. its dirt cheap and one of the better ways to build your foundation. 2.

They are not cheap by any means (expect double digit interest rates) but they are available. 

Often times, cheap is expensive!

It's better to pay more, knowing you have something secured versus cheaping out and not even closing. 

its not cheap but its pretty good data.  

Rental arbitrage was hyped up when money was cheap.

For a 1-4 unit in a cheaper cash-flowing market a the costs to refinance are not cheap relative to the equity being pulled out in many/most cases. 

In the prior years it seemed all syndicators made money due to cheap debt, now it seems you have to be able to capitalize on somebodies mistake and get in cheap, same as buying a SFH. , now if specify those who sydincators who did  Exactly, for example we run a fund and have zero debt.

Meet with some real estate agents, banks, brokers, and property managers/developers in those areas. 2025 is going to be a pretty awesome year for cash rich investors who can pick up some excellent deals on the cheap! 

I wanted at first Vegas because it’s only an hr flight ✈️