Take a little more from “business income” and use the passive income to supplement...

I'm working with a ton of homebuyers that are focusing on getting single-family homes with a mother-in-law apartment to help supplement the mortgage payment. 

Sometimes wells have reduced flow in the winter due to water table fluctuations if its a shallow well, so you may only need to supplement with an occasional water delivery.

Try different meetups and set a goal for how many you'd like to attend each month/quarter.Lastly, if you could supplement your direct mail efforts with cold calling those same leads, you'll have a better chance of conversion.

" methodology and started looking for other sources to help supplement the extra I needed to bring me a down payment I liked.

If your goal is to buy a nice vacation home and enjoy some supplemental income I suppose you can do whatever you'd like, but STR investments carry plenty of extra risk and upkeep.

Most recently I've been using Crexi to help supplement my commercial searches.

The issue: my job, healthcare, is supplemental (no guaranteed hours.)

Although my specific situation is a bit different than most people as I am will be a retiring federal employee at 57 and will receive a social security supplement till age of 62. 

The good news is that some landlords that are older and were doing this as a “hobby” or supplemental retirement income may be looking to unload as recent times have been pretty stressful for some.