When I first started my investing career, I started with DealMachine and was sending out Direct Mail Marketing.

We initially met with a couple builders my father has worked with previously and are currently awaiting for detailed breakdown of cost estimates.What would be recommended for taking out a loan for this build?

Market Research How did you add value to the deal?

This could be a faster route to get your short-term rental up and running.2.Look for Motivated Sellers:In the current market, there may be opportunities with motivated sellers who are willing to negotiate on price or terms.

Even if it's only available for personal residences I'm curious if some of the veteran loans are better than what you could typically get on the open market. 

These are primarily for "off market" purchases.TOP 10 Motivated Seller Lists - Try each of these Driving for dollars - (Finding houses that need a little lovin’ and contacting the owner) Propstream has an App that gives you immediate information on the property and saves it to your list.

Long term tenants in place currently paying below market rent at $1200/M.

This is not my favorite option as most real estate agents wouldn't know how to handle the marketing of a property with a tenant currently in it. 2) Find an investor friendly agent who might already have buyers looking for that type of property.

In the current market with the prices of homes being so high does it still make sense to be investing in real estate or to be accumulating cash and waiting to see where the market goes? 

I have been having issues recently with my PM software  TenantCloud not carrying my listing description over to all the marketing websites.