Focus on the big-ticket items and estimate costs.Financing: Whether it's private money, hard money loans, or a traditional lender, make sure your financing is lined up.

there are of course more creative strategies to reduce that up front outlay, or recoup your capital, like, say, the BRRRR method. but they are time and energy intensive and certainly not hands-off. 

Quote from @Stuart Udis: Not creative, but good real estate and traditional financing is almost always better than incredible seller financing terms and lousy real estate.

Are you using the BRRRR method or buying turnkey?

serious buyers but also the property may not qualify for traditional financing.

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They can separate themselves from traditional real estate investors by building a robust EIN Corporate Credit ("Ever-Increasing") investment infrastructure that allows for faster portfolio expansion and more sophisticated financial maneuvering.

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

And there is a lot of appreciation potential.For someone just starting out, I'd suggest focusing on traditional long-term rentals before jumping into short-term rentals.

This method is a little riskier and requires more work from the Property Manager.