Well said Noah!

For argument's sake, and to keep the math simple, let's say you have $1 Million in ETF's or some other safe-ish, well-diversified assets.Step 1:  Take out an SBLOC (Security backed line of credit) on said portfolio. 

You will still have to pay someone to live somewhere anyway so you may as well build equity at the same time and as a backup plan, sell the property if you are not going to be able to rent it out.

Areas I think would do well are those where people are moving back to or highly desired - Arcadia, Scottsdale, Tempe, Gilbert, parts of PHX, and Chandler / Mesa. 

Ring Central is great, as we use it for our company phone number as well.

Then plug that address into the platform/software you use to pull up additional comps for similar properties.Realtor.com and redfin have a ton of free data as well.

Follow these basic principles when making your own design but remember to add a little bit of your own creativity as well to make the property, unique.

Our market in Sarasota FL I have found direct mail letters to work pretty well and we are a large retirement community, the retirement community responds better to snail mail than millennial and gen-z generation for sure. 

I just bought a house in April after renting for 3 years as we moved for my wife’s new job and wanted to see what area to invest in well she ended up having a stroke and we spent our savings and getting a loan off one salary is tricky but I worked to get a loan and ended up getting an fha loan and found a house in a nice area.

I'm also looking into them as well.