Trying my best to avoid spending several hundreds dollars on direct mail consistently, which per most advice is the only effective way to do it.

For the few hundred $$/yr that it costs, I think it’s well worthwhile.

I currently have several hundred thousand on the sidelines that I am looking to deploy at some point in some form of real estate but not sure the best avenue.

You’re really only saving a few hundred dollars With used appliances and if oneOf the appliances goes out you’re basically eating your savings there.

Your renter is paying rent on that refi so I would imagine your monthly revenue is minimal, few hundred bucks.

For 12 units, I can't imagine it being more than a couple hundred dollars, and worth every penny.

Go to www.google.comType in "tenant background check"Search through the hundreds of options and choose one you like.

Drive around, find crappy houses, write down address, turn it over to a wholesaler (a good one that is used to paying bird dog leads, find one here on BP and/or local meetups), make a couple hundred per deal that closes.I'd say wholesale on your own, but not sure how that works being under age and entering into contracts, I guess you could.

.$300 EDM really three hundred!

@Jordan Lucas, this is a great question and similar to questions I suspect hundreds of thousands of people your age will be asking themselves over the next few decades as the value of formal education is being seriously questioned.