I would think you'll see automated systems like that, and you pay for what you get in regards to the time/devotion to your pursuit.

Like you said, I will devote more emphasis on evaluating deals, making more competitive offers, and doing my due diligence when sourcing a contractor that can parallel my goals.

You're going to have some years two hours a year, some you're going to have a few weeks a year devoted to the property, some right in between.  

Congratulations to you and many kudos for your indefatigable devotion to your investment going the extra mile to save the money to make your investment an early winner.  

How comfortable are you devoting time to researching tax code and methodology to prepare a cost segregation?

It depends on what you want to do and how much time you have to devote to real estate investing. 

I personally believe a good sales agent (someone who devotes 100% of their time to the profession) is going to be more effective at selling my properties than I will.

Consider your lifestyle and how much time you have available to devote to your passive income stream.2.Upfront Investment Another factor to consider when choosing a passive income stream in real estate is the upfront investment required.

Now to devoting my time to the multi-family market.

Seeing this a decade ago, he had the foresight to devote his skills to developing hardware(chips) that are particularly suited to the massive amount of computing power that will be demanded by this new wave of technology.