Get a clean, local house hack or BRRRR or buy and hold, learn the fundamentals, then expand to take on more risk for more rewards later. 

The reward comes slowly, compounding while everyone else gets distracted.Startups follow the same pattern.

Food for thought.

Pest control service Seal up the house Poison bait/traps in the attic Tell the tenants to stop leaving their nasty food and trash out and attracting rodents.

Tax deed is a high‑reward, high‑risk lane: titles can be messy, redemption windows vary, and you often can’t inspect, so you win by mastering one county’s rules, running conservative ARV/rent comps, and budgeting for quiet title plus unknown repairs.

If you're using primarily cash flow from the property, or doubling money in less than five years if rewarding investors out of a cash out refinance from a property with lots of upside. anywhere between those two goal post can also work for example of 4% preferred return and a 1.5 X multiple at year three could be appropriate if that's what your deal is tailored to. hope this helps

Flipping will humble you or it will reward you and it all depends on whether you show up with optimism… or with actual capital.Good luck out there and if anyone needs any guidance just shoot me a message!

So this takes someone like us with the knowledge of development and someone like my client uber knowledgable and since this is all risk money the rewards are HUGE for him and quite good for us. 

Sometimes with higher risk comes higher reward, but that can also be a two edged sword.

I think finding C+ to B properties give you the best mix of risk and reward, but it's extremely tough to find those properties that make any sense at all right now.