It can work, but those deals are best done by people with the money who can leverage that fact against the deal to pay more.

On the other hand, you can make money in any area, even areas with no growth as there are still people that live there, even if the population is declining. 

Some people even believe that AI will take over the world!

A lot of the popular, no money needed, strategies like being a wholesaler, getting a partner to fund the deal, or STR co-hosting / arbitrage are a bit of a paradox because the people that have the expertise to effectively implement these strategies are typically the experienced folks that don't need no money down strategies to invest.

Tenants are people. 

There’s a few people dabbling with STR property management but nothing that would make a difference.

In my experience, people with an athletic or military background understand the value of hard work and also realize that consistency will bring results eventually.. every set back is an opportunity to learn, grow and get better for the next at-bat.Training and onboarding:As far as programs or tools, I've tried monitoring CRMs and more in-depth platforms (like Sisu) to track agent activities/KPIs.

Moving forward you should be vetting all the people you work with to make sure you don't have spend for what the ARV goal you're trying to hit.

One of the best strategies is using other people's money, like private lenders or seller financing.

Where can you find people that are at least a friend of a friend to reference first before trying strangers?