I hope they get back to having every day investors who built a portfolio from the ground up, house by house and can talk about how they did it and the different strategies and routes they took that others can learn from and deploy as well.

@Stuart Udis yes the houses are in areas I expect values to go up significantly, with positive population and job growth

I’m looking to partner with a like-minded local home builder to share in the journey of providing our area with affordable, hyper efficient, storm-proof housing.

^_^If you are going to start with house hacking, I recommend reading "Set For Life" by Scott Trench or "The House Hacking Strategy" by Craig Curelop.

I would also opt for a taller faucet set into the edge of the sink rather than the countertop.

I previously owned rental apartments and houses in downtown and have done fix-n-flips there as well.

REIA meetings, meetups, calling the "handyman special" signs, calling the "we buy ugly houses" or the "we pay cash" billboards and signs.  

Do only land and not houses.  

It's a historic house and I turned it into a multifamily, got the rehabilitation certified by the NPS so I got a bunch of tax credits, and it's been a cash flow cow for the last two years.

SFH in Tacoma WA, gas utility quoted free to bring a gas pipe from the street to the house and a meter.