Some areas can have great success with even Circle Prospecting high value neighborhoods and telling them you have X buyer in your database that are looking for a home!

Starting a new high-end residential spec project. 

As the broker repping the selling, I always caution sellers on offers with high price and low EM.

You are only looking for a 6% return...you can almost hit that with current High Yield Savings accounts or CD's. 

High interest rates and high housing prices don't scream "BUY" to us.  

HELOCs and HELOANs do exist for rental, but with prime so high and secondary tier of LLPAs associated with these programs you’ll be above 10-11% all day.

@Todd Knudson high yield savings account.

If you can't keep control of your personal finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.

I would highly recommend FB marketplace and also joining local FB real estate, rental, and leasing groups. 

If one is a CAT 5 and hits lower Florida at high tide with 20ft+ storm surge goes into the Gulf restrenghthens and hits somewhere from Florida to Texas again at high tide with a Katrina size storm surge of 28ft it is an issue.