It is not that hard really.Your best bet is to get a great cleaning team that will be your eyes and ears.

Your best bet would be to find a small mom-and-pop brokerage that's more flexible.

Purchase price: $655,000 Cash invested: $7,000 This is our primary residence bet is currently rented to wonderful tenants for 18 months as my wife and I are serving a tour in Europe for the next couple of years

Talk with some local CUs, I bet you find one that will do close-to-conventional financing terms.

You can pursue these leads, but your best bet is to work directly with individual homeowners

@Eli MilesIt's an old story, definitely understand how that goes.Your best bet could be to stay passive for now and plan your next move down the line.

If you want to meet people in your area, your best bet is to go to all of your local REIAs consistently.

They're betting on enough stupid people to fall for their pitch, and there might be.

With any chump change left over I’d go to a casino and do some sports betting or poker or table games but those fun investments aren’t really investments now are they. :)Or I’d go To the beach for two weeks and stay at a nice hotel.

I'm in Massachusetts, so these guidelines may vary in other states though -- your best bet is to call your local housing authority and talk to someone about their process, etc.The biggest thing to consider with Section 8 is there will always be a maximum cap set by housing authorities.