Start by educating yourself by reading up on real estate investing techniques.

And I am just an overwhelmed pregnant woman trying to relax and live just a bit before my baby gets here.I definitely understand and am going to make the necessary changes upon entering my apartment.

How much time do you have and what is your investment strategy, fix and filp, BRRRs, STRs, buy-and-hold will require different hunting techniques. 

Joe that is the way its suppose to work and exactly how we did our sub toos  as you point out though when this technique starts to get marketed to the NO money no Credit RE crowd its going to cause some severe headaches for Sellers and Buyers.you hit the nail on the head of Chris's situation I am guessing and if I was buying paper like his fund does I would do EXCATLY what he is doing buy discount have the right to accelerate and get cashed out spins the APR meter dramatically for an investor or a fund. 

Do you think those same tactics and techniques will work well? 

Hello BiggerPockets community,I wanted to come to the forums and ask everyone who is familiar with seller financing, or have done deals using this investment technique, which states are the best to do this form of investing in and why?

Many do not qualify and having a PM does not help your case.You may want to read up on IRC 469 and review the IRS's Audit Technique guide. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-mssp/pal.pdf

I think for the average 1 rental owner, it's simply too much fuss, and the opportunity cost of that time and energy is either relaxing, or doing other things to maximize bookings like interior design.I think the industry in general suffers from bombarding new hosts with 10,000 things to do in month 1 (OTA, direct booking sites, linking calendars, specific smart locks, etc.) when in reality most owners should probably list on the most relevant platform for their area in year 1, develop a rhythm and learn a few basics, and then start looking into improvements from there.Certainly with multiple properties it starts to become a more compelling argument.  

Take $500K and put it in T-bills and relax.

I haven't heard of the "Binder" technique before, but it sounds like a great idea.As for increasing the Studio ADR, we are considering offering guests a half a dozen fresh eggs for breakfast since we have chickens.