Of course with today’s technology it’s easy to “contact” these same people at little or no cost and no time commitment, and if one out of 100,000 changes and becomes a REAL(istic) buyer,  then that’s profitable. 

Plenty of people here subscribe having tons of negative cashflow, waiting for the big payoff down the line.

👉 What’s your biggest goal in real estate?

if you want to know how much you'll need, call a couple lenders and ask-if you house hack just a couple of times, you'll own more real estate than 97% of people-good luck

You're asking people if they're "new here", but your profile says you're new here.....

I'm a college student and my business class partner thinks AI real estate videos are the future. 

Too many people/professionals n any given transaction. 3.)

Quote from @Stuart Udis: Agreed, there are so many times where a cheap deal people think it will be a great deal and it turns out to be a money pit..

We're new to real estate and are looking for advice from more advanced members.

I agree: do the work (network) and pay your dues IRL  In Real Life.Trust and relationships are not the Internet...