I am a sales rep for a digital advertising company in St.

But to scale beyond single digit counts, especially out of county and certainly for other asset classes like apartments, finding a good PM is very important... in my opinion.

We're in the digital age guys) or...you can just find a Real, Straightforward Investor to Mentor you. and if he's ligit and not a greedy crook.

Most of the small multi-unit properties in these markets can achieve low double digit returns IF you're willing to buy a property that needs to be renovated and re-rented.

On a typical JV deal (non performing) you should see double digit returns.

If you can't get that fancy, at least use DocuSign or similar to get digital signatures, and if you are in Maine, don't forget all the compliance docs: Radon, EFF, Lead, Bangor Tenant Rights (I see you live there). 

I know guys who are in Forex, Digital Marketing, Agency, Rei, Etc who are all easily in the top 1% and a lot of them travel full time. 

By day I'm a digital marketing director and I'm quite familiar with the power of online reputation and how it can grow or ruin a reputation. 

The returns I get from real estate are in the double and triple digits (when annualized) so that beats the stock market. 

I assume since you're (digitally) hanging out here that you're looking to acquire more?