of course he may have been a clueless dude in Indy and other markets and to me the money he was making just blinded him and his wife.. the move to Portugal was strategic to the extreme.

Some jurisdictions are taking the statewide ADU rules and going much further extreme.  

In April 2024, I finally saved enough money and pulled the trigger.

So, I'm challenged right now finding a property that will cash flow well enough for me to pull the trigger.

Just depends on how extreme you want to take things.As far as financing, condos can be tough. 

Quote from @Kyle Deboer: Being a beginner, the only markets that I am really tapped into at the moment are all extremely mainstream (zillow, realtor, etc.) and I see everyone saying I should learn to tap into underground markets but I can't seem to find anyone explaining how...

Any advice would be extremely appreciated.

It is extremely important that we get all claims submitted soon for investors.

So the probability of someone replacing their W2 income is extremely low.  

I just started my direct mail campaign and it took a whole Sunday (3:30-9PM) to do 200 letters and this was about as automatic as the average Joe could get:Printed Yellow letters using Officejet printer (Paper from Amazon)Printed envelopes using the same printer (Envelopes from Dollar Store)Bought 400 forever stamps from the Post Office to create the "genuine" effectStill, folding and stuffing papers was an extremely underestimated variable.