if you do nothing but house hack a few times in a row you could have a small portfolio in just a few years using just your monthly housing payment. 

Conversely, a new built A class SFR, in A class market of significant growth via a well laid out planned city development, great schools, area people are glamouring to move to, a-class tenants, very very low risk.

So, if she bought the bitcoin for $1 million and is now using it to close on a $10 million property, that is a $9 million gain that needs to be accounted for in her income tax.

That's a long time ago in a different world.  

Go to a couple of real estate investor meetups and make connections.

What criteria do investors use to determine if a seller financed deal is good?

“There were a couple experienced investors on the forums that loved to tell everyone they could manage a short-term rental in just five minutes a week.

Would you be better off just writing VRBO a check?

@Kayla Elliott  Hi Kayla - this was a commercial mortgage loan with a local bank, that held it "in house" after it was issued. 

Hey BP community,I’m looking at a short sale property in Florida and considering making an offer.