I currently work as a Pipefitter (think plumbing but on industrial steroids).

Underwriting a new construction is like a flip on steroids in terms of volume, however you will find that you can get a much more accurate budget in the end because unlike a flip, there are very few unknowns going into it.

It's like drinking through a fire hose on steroids.

If you already have a net loss without depreciation, depreciation makes it a bigger loss.Cost segregationIn short, cost segregation is real estate depreciation on steroids.

So for instance for our lead organization & management, I clean the lists up in google sheets and then download as a .CSV file and upload into Airtable (google sheets on steroids) where its easier and cleaner to manage.I use Airtable to manage our raw leads data - I have a trigger set up, that whenever we change the status to "qualified", that lead will go into our CRM (Salesmate.io) where we track our contacts and deals.

Do BRRRR on steroids, where you act as your own HML and get your 100% money back within a month (not the whole seasoning period).

A good place to start your search if you're not sure what area of the country you want to invest in• BiggerPockets Deal Finder (on market)- once you have an area or two in mind this is like using zillow on steroids because it has investor specific filters and does some of the analysis for you for example you can filter by rental yield and it will also show you homes that analysis shows are underpriced for their market• BiggerPockets Deal Finder (off market) - Maybe not best for your first deal based on your description of your current status and goals but helpful if in the future you want something that you can force appreciation, most of these homes are in foreclosure • BiggerPockets Calculators - as a BP free member you get up to 5 uses of the calculators free every year, as a pro member you get unlimited uses of all the calculators, and you can save each analysis you run so you don't have to come back and redo it every time.

It's like NYC on steroids.  

It's essentially house hacking on steroids (since you are renting it out by the room and not just a section of the house like a basement), and there's minimal risk.

However, the financials seem challenging, and I’m seeking advice to make this viable without significant monetary loss.As a side note, I’m quite the handyman—think ‘handyman on steroids’—so I’m open to properties that require some elbow grease.Any strategies or insights from the community would be greatly appreciated!