Jim Brewer, I understand the outskirts will be my best bet.

The first two lines read:(1) As used in this rule, "advertising" and "advertisement" include all forms of representation, promotion and solicitation disseminated in any manner and by any means for any purpose related to professional real estate activity, including, without limitation, advertising by mail; telephone, cellular telephone, and telephonic advertising; the Internet, E-mail, electronic bulletin board and other similar electronic systems; and business cards, signs, lawn signs, and billboards.(2) Advertising by a licensee, in process and in substance, must:Line two makes it seem like regulation is applied if you are advertising as any form of real estate professional.

If it's more urban infill then driving is probably your best bet.

For more reasonably priced flips, your best bet would be to pick up estate sales in condo buildings where the units haven't been updated in 20-30 years.

I bet about 10 hours a week is how much I'm on here.

Be very careful of the Internet it has many crooks on it trying to make emotional sales.

If you want risk free, FDIC insured savings account is your only bet. 

Probably setting up a meeting with the title company is the best bet so you can fully describe to them what you are looking to do and accomplish. 

As I began evaluating housing options for when my lease ends in August, I slowly fell into an internet rabbit hole that took me from looking at renting a single room, to buying a house and renting the spare room(s), to debating a live-in duplex/triplex investment, all in the name of getting my monthly housing expenses down (and maybe even turned into a monthly housing income?).

This makes spreading out some of my expenses (internet, meals, etc.) a pain.