I invest in the Tampa area, in the Ybor City area, I know the average rent, that there are a lot of 3/1 SFRs there, the ratio of renters vs. buyers in an area...When using the calculators, if a deal seems too good, it is. watch the videos on how to use them as well as hit um the forums that a relevant to your market, they always have great info on things you wouldn't think of. i.e. what utilities landlord usually pays in an area, insurance, vacancy rate. 

Leaving them trapped inside.https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10925668/coronavirus-patients-welded-homes-china/Not so in America though, where most doors a wooden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Perhaps there’s a grandmother who could watch the kids – a grandmother who by her very age, is considered ‘at risk’.

Again, your return percentage might be lower, but when the renovation goes over by a month or it sits on the market longer than expected or seller wants a 75 day close versus 45, you aren't just watching money go out the door if you are all cash. 

I would recommend listening to the podcasts, watching the webinars, reading the books, and just taking the next 2-4 months to absorb as much information as you can.

As far as where to start, pick up a book, watch YouTube videos, browse these forums, and NETWORK.

I just watched today’s conference.

My first thought is to find an REI firm in need of someone to manage their CRM (Salesforce, Zoho, etc) as that's something where I already have the skills and would be able to learn a lot just from watching deals go through. 

As we all know Erie has a weaker economy with a higher unemployment rate than the national average though from Youtube videos I've been watching buyers are getting cold feet across the country, which is human nature.However, with interest rates being so low the people with sense will buy, whether investors or potential homeowners. 

Lastly, underwriter for a local bank will be local, and not some random lady in Ohio, who could care less about this RI file.