In general, many gurus taught me some techniques, strategies, systems, and manners I could never have thought of myself.

We buy, sell, and manage a ton of units up there but, you really need to be careful on what street you are buying, and you need to do a ton of due diligence on the specific asset... and most importantly you need a risk mitigation technique when it comes to collecting rent. 

If the property cash flows on it's own, then that opens up a great deal with something more tailored to rental property (yes, including DSCR).

Offering a clear path forward tailored to your abilities and goals.

although there are still masterminds out there for wanna bee gurus and teaching the techniques to become a guru..

If you talk to the right investor focused agent they will have cash on cash returns broken down by micro market and will tailor your goals to the market. 

Also check into Pace Morby's creative financing techniques, you could utilize some of those ideas to break into real estate.

Using this technique, someone can daisy-chain succeeding 1031 passive investment together and implement a "defer, defer and die" strategy where they defer paying taxes forever.

Online plans are not site specific and most often they must be tailored to the locale including state building codes and climate.

Those that continue to swim against the current may not make much progress, and they may even go backwards, but they will continue improving their technique and getting stronger.