Congratulations on making this REI journey happen for yourself as well that’s motivating to hear.

I hope it will give me more motivation and knowledge than just rewatching all the YouTube videos.

The positives are your capital gains tax payment is deferred until 2026 and any gains you achieve through a QOZ investment appreciate tax free after holding the investment for 10 years.

Have ALL of your ors in the water, do/setup marketing in many channels (SMS, post card, PPC), learn how to carve out lists that target motivation that you want. 

Specific motivated leads (foreclosures, divorce, etc. are great), but I'd also go for absentee owner lists, or just mining tax records with set criteria. 

I enjoy getting to know investors and watching their success; it motivates me when I feel like I'm hitting a wall!

Because the Seller has self-identified themselves as someone who is “motivated,” and they have reached out to a cash home buyer, the dynamic is this: “we both know I need to sell, and all that matters here is price.

I'm 18 years old and very motivated.

What is happening and what is the owner expecting to achieve from that? 

Coupled with a cost segregation study, it can be reasonable for investors to achieve passive losses through bonus depreciation that equal the amount of capital invested, therefore deferring the tax that would have been owed in that calendar year.