I am extremely motivated and would love to add value to anyone's real estate business in exchange for some experience. 

David Greene did a podcast a few hours ago about this and explained how recent changes in capital gains taxes might motivate some sellers to use seller financing to defer capital gains taxes. 

Ideally we trap $0 of our investment on a ~$1m ARV (ideally we get some cash out on the refi) and conservatively STR rent for >$12k/month achieving an infinite return. 

Easily achieved in the transactional real estate world  IE doing deals.. 

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Other people's experiences can motivate and inspire.

So, I've got a seller who has had an ongoing divorce for ~5 years. He has 2 properties that he used to rent out a couple years ago, but quit as the additional income would relinquish his benefits for his children. The...

That's achieved by taking the Gross Monthly Rent divided by the monthly loan payment of principal, interest, taxes, and insurance (as well as any dues).

It also depends on the kind of returns you are looking for. 5% is achievable in CA and local here closer to Bay Area with bit of creativity.

There will be many variables to determine what you trying to achieve.