Happy to help, I'm basically a real estate junkie.

For trying to identify areas, it is good to understand a few basics: Median home value to income ratioPopulation growth trendsIndustries that your local area's economy is dependant on?

Hi All,After being a basic member of BP since March 2018 and listening to podcasts, webinars and reading BP articles, finally I took the next step, i.e. became a PRO member yesterday. 

Hi Ben, I basically have a mentor and friend, who also happens to a realtor and quite a successful landlord himself, handling management for me (single family rentals), and he's been amazing.

Hi Cory, I definitely think that learning the basics about all of the different niches would serve you very well.

.- Seller Financing with offer at $160K, $20K down, 6% interest,  30yr Amortization, 10yr balloon:  Seller Gets $237.8K over 10yrsBy showing the a really solid offer on price PLUS illustrating how much more they can make over time by offering financing, you might be able to open their eyes to the benefits of offering seller financing.Good Luck!

It is also much easier to qualify as an RE professional if the person striving to be an RE professional does does not have other full time employment. https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2010/08/04/basics-of-real-estate-professional-status-tax-irs/If we do two units of rehab in a year (each rehab likely takes a few hundred hours as the hours add up fast), then the wife qualifies fairly easy as an RE professional when combined with her usual RE duties.  

@Jeff Mills the basic problem with rents in that range: $450, is that variable expenses quickly eat up any profit.

Your question is basically, "what can I pile on?"

The basic underlying factors of large downpayments and higher borrowing costs by either homepwners or investors never changes.