I stay away from them these days and just wholesale.

I heard when you're young, it's the best time to take risks, at job that might pay less, but offers knowledge, experience, and growth.

And, in my opinion, more importantly, the lurkers who never comment, now believe they have the "golden key" of information.As you already know, there is so much more to this, in order to stay out of trouble over the long term. 

Stay hyperlocal and get a good team in place locally so you can recognize good people when you find them. 

@Scott Trench - have you considered investing in short term rentals, materially participating, and having the average stay be less than 7 days?

If an investor has the time, knowledge, capital and experience to be an active property investor then there are a number of strategies , that, depending on the economic market can be used to accelerate wealth building.  

I am focused on building capital at the moment since it wouldn't be a primary residence for me, so I want to stay under $300K.

Hard work and knowledge and drive.

But you have to ask proactively, and be mindful of how long you stay in forbearance to avoid long-term credit issues.🔹 Insurance Challenges – Even when insurance pays, it rarely covers the actual cost to completely rebuild.

To my knowledge, Hostfully is the only platform that can integrate multiple Airbnb and VRBO accounts.