Or maybe better yet, invest with one of these highly experienced real estate guys with stellar reputations like Jay Hinrichs.

Your credit score isn't stellar.... 

Stellar win here, @Lisa Renko!

Spaces for corporation’s visitorsDesign and place flyers at local establishments like laundry mats, hair salons, nail salons, where we know there’s a lot of foot traffic Purchase ads and place in local news papersPost a listing to craigslist, zillow, realtor.com, apartments.com, rentals.com and other websites Hotpads.com or cozy.co → multiple rental listing platformsPartner w RE agent and advertise on MLSCreate a FB ad to target tenants Create a FB pg for rental business, post weekly content to generate following, and post listingsPay close attention to what is nearby and cater to that audience- colleges, military bases, etc.Provide stellar customer service.

The rental income isn't stellar but with a $500 margin you can cash flow.

I suspect that Josh does some potion of his hard-money lending in an xSDIRA - a stellar strategy. 

However, this sometimes came at the expense of getting less than stellar tenants.

With housing payments covered and cash that should be left over after your second deal (keeping some reserve for repairs), your savings on income should be able to get up to down payment level on a third buy and hold deal fairly quickly.3)  If the cash flow from the sea side dream home isn't stellar or a cash out refi hits snags for whatever reason, then I would 1031 and re-deploy it to multiple new SFH or larger 4+ MFH.Good luck!

My goal is not to manipulate people into thinking I’m a genius (I’m quite the opposite), but to make a good impression asking stellar questions and learn as much as I can from the conversation.

Any stellar contractors?