In person or virtually, anything helps.

I was looking for ways to get started (driving for dollars, virtually, etc.) or just connecting with someone who's been in the business around the Austin market.

You could do that virtually. 

Also, if we did want to move into a primary residence to build equity in an area we like within the next 3-5 years, our concern is that a bank would view the debt to income ratio as unfavorable 2) Buying a SFR in the rapidly appreciating area we enjoy here in AZ, rent it out for a few years to build some equity, and then move inOur thought here is at least our cash would be 'working' for us while we still had virtually no living expenses in our rental3) Buy a SFR in the area while applying our unique version of the BRRRR method due to our circumstancesIf we closed on a property that needed a bit of work, rehabbed it lightly, and refinanced, we're not sure if it would make more sense to rent it out after that, or just move out of our current lease and enter the property.

With students doing virtual classes till who knows when, they're not going to need off-campus housing.

I'm trying to build my network virtually and locally.

Dont forget about checking out You Tube university too :)).What you can certainly do is get started driving for dollars: try Deal Machine.

Virtually all of them are waterproof.

I'm happy to offer a guest pass to our virtual cloud office if you'd like to kick the tires on our training classes and support functions, as well as invite you to a private discovery presentation on how our team and business model works if you'd like to learn more.

Virtual ones about every week.