I am a new investor and I've been looking at a variety of SFR and multi-family properties as I practice analyzing deals. 

The reality is that proximity, trust, and a variety of other factors limit which sponsors truly have the best shot at securing those dollars. 

I apologize in advance if some of my figures are off, they come from a variety of different sources.Midway through the pandemic as unemployment rates were rising it looked as if RE was going to start taking a massive hit and cause floods of new inventory to hit the markets, but to this point that doesn't seem to be happening (in Asheville at least).

There's a great deal involved in picking the right person, and there's a great deal involved in choosing to stay with the right person as the years march on.From my point of view as your garden-variety heterosexual guy, I have seen guy after guy after guy with some initial ambition blow the choice, and end up with a wife who was comfortable rather than who was helpful, who didn't really share the same life ambitions, who spend the early years basically lying to the guy to get what she wanted out of life, which boiled down to a nice house in the burbs and kids.These guys I'm talking about grow up in suboptimal homes and usually spend most of their early years trying to get out of their situation, working their butts off in school and on jobs to scrape together some money and change their stars.

There are a variety of methods like direct deposit, mailing to a P.O.

Both RealCrowd and CrowdStreet have a variety of deals.   

I absolutely love the wide variety of cultural restaurants we have, and am currently enjoying dance lessons with incredibly fun people who were complete strangers just a couple months ago. 

If you make a misstep in real estate, you can not only lose the money in a deal, you can be sued or a variety of other things that will give you a whole new perspective on life.

It just depends on a large variety of factors and you have to evaluate the totality of the circumstances.

I have my own opinions on the subject and use an LLC, but for a variety of reasons what works for me may not work for you.