Make sure you buy a deal that you can ride out the bad times in, it must cash flow now and it must cash flow in the future to not bet on the future with todays money, no one knows what the market looks ike tomorrow but if you buy right today you will be ok.

You bet!

Don't bet on tomorrow cash flow with today's money. 

Analyzing deals with the tools you have, wholesales that get sent over, internet research, finding houses on auction sites or zillow and analyzing those, just keep doing it.

hey Nick, the REIA meeting that Peter Fennig just mentioned is probably best bet.

Don't take any duds, don't be afraid to back out if it looks like it's not a good bet, and use separate contracts if I need to get multiple buyers. 

Do you pay the internet ?

Consult a qualified real estate attorney before entering into a sales contract calling for owner finance, and never use forms of the internet to document such transactions.

@Emilia MarchettiI wouldn’t go into a deal betting on appreciation.

Then all bets are off.If you build or buy an STR now you are simply speculating going into a down turn (fact) at peak prices (fact) into a market space that is being devastated (fact) - travel and leisure business' are nonoperational in most of the country and the world and if not in your area now it will be tomorrow or the day after or next week.