But look at an ordinary passive rental property and it comes out no better than investing in the stock market.And I say this as someone who owns a 2-bedroom condo in the Washington, DC area that rents furnished for $4,000/month long-term (currently on a 25-month lease, i.e. a $100,000 payment guaranteed by the Brazilian Embassy) or up to $8,000/month during peak months when on Airbnb.

Most newer homes (at least here in Colorado) like to have the peak of the siding painted an accent color.

(a) No - pay someone to remove(b) Yes -  fix it up - now you have another feature for the rental. 

Flip strategies like wholesaling and fix and flipping will work in almost any market except decompression stages (after peak and before trough when market is declining) because the strategy is short term and not as susceptible to market trends.

Bye bye money for the mortgage!

Bye bye earnest money, & if you tried to litigate to recover it I doubt a judge would smile upon your shenanigans.Easiest way to finance closing costs, that only works if you get a good deal (so basically call this another reason to find a good deal):You find a home that you are comfy offering $600k for. 

The numbers in the parentheses are the peak of supply of monthly inventory in each county which occurred sometime between 9/07-1/08 depending on the county.

I honestly got lucky on this one, I purchased a large property that had been on the market for a long time at the peak of the covid scare where markets could have gone either way. 

Because it seems like it is working, just not at peak efficiency.  

I'd also be wary of ever estimating 100% occupancy (even in the peak season).