Just study a market and figure out the average cost per a unit and buy a deal at the very bottom of prices per a unit.

Best place to start is to study the OM of the types of properties you would like to get into then connect with the brokers and ask good informed questions about the property.

Which is where delivering food comes in, folks will pay for all sorts of services and today there's some organization that is managing those gigs in your area.In parallel;  start studying, reading, networking in your local REIAs (where the experienced folks hang) on creative deals. 

There are always going to be doubters, but I enjoy proving them wrong. 

If done properly, short-term rentals can offset directly against ordinary (W2, active) income without the real estate professional status.Losses generated by increasing depreciation with a cost segregation study, can be used to offset active business income without qualifying as a real estate professional.

While I've yet to invest in my first deal, I've been spending the last 2-3 years studying real estate by reading books, listening to podcasts, reading articles, watching videos, and even spending some time with experts in the business.

Sometimes business owners struggle to qualify for a-paper loans due to inability to prove income.

If you can accumulate $10,000  or more in the next year and prove stale income and good credit, that might be a great spot from which to more seriously consider the first purchase. 

They don't have to prove it to make your life miserable - the claim alone pretty much makes for a bad time.Consider that maybe you're getting a lot of interest because you priced it well and marketed it effectively. 

I most likely wont be practicing until I graduate in two years, but right now since it's the summer I have a load of free time to take the course and study for the exam.