Especially if you find yourself attempting a 1031 exchange and not hitting your 45 day window. 

I've been attempting to contact a few property owners through cold calling and direct mail with no success.

In your circumstances, I would attempt to house hack your way through college as Account Closed has done.

I used to attempt the BRRRR method as an OOS investor and it simply did not work for me.

Everyone loves the low investment entry point  but calculating your capex down the line can be quite difficult if you attempt to self manage from afar.

Yes, you can most likely still attempt to renegotiate the purchase price while still in escrow. 

All too often a big house (the dream) is paired with long commutes and stressful jobs which minimizes the time away from home and what really matters.The wealthy don’t attempt to keep up with the Joneses.

I'd ask the agent for clarification, maybe they explained the fee in an odd way that convoluted what they were attempting to convey. 

Nice for us but it makes it difficult if you want to contact/message a lot of hosts in an attempt to market your services. 

Or even when attempting to narrow your audience using filters.What I am trying to do is use the 'custom audiences' (and later, 'look-a-like audience') methods.