Other people buy lists and spend marketing dollars, cold call, do email marketing, market their websites, work with wholesalers to do all of that for them, etc etc etc.I wrote a number of blog posts on how to find deals and there are hundreds of ways, but it still takes a while to find what works.

I was stunned when I discovered this Airbnb policy but there isn't a lot I can do about it.

@Raman Saka Look up "rent by room" on the biggerpockets blog page and you'll find heaps of articles there.

David Greene has a good post about his "Core 4" - team that he uses for long distance real estate investing:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-team

I would fully educate yourself on all of these different options to discover what will work best for you.Once you are fully educated and put a plan together, the only way to truly learn and make it work is to just go for it.

In researching, I discovered the property owner owned several other properties besides the ones we were originally talking about.

@Susan FerrisI recently discovered a credit union that will loan on investment properties at 10% down at 3.5% interest.

I wrote a recent blog post on the topic that can help additional benefits of syndications: Guide to Find the Best Investment Option for You

Write blogs, hold open houses, post your blogs on social media, provide value to people instead of being a greedy hog like every other salesman, cold call, farm, direct mail, door knock.

A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.Discounts on some products and services are offered to BP members: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.