@Collin Schwartz so assuming an average $40k per door, that 1st 25 doors was ~$800k, you must have raised somewhere in the area of $200k cash of your own? 

Quote from @Jim Reynante: After owning properties C/D neighborhoods with high crime statistics, I have experienced all of the things that go along with it: 1) High turnover rate; 2) Tenants that don't care for the property; 3) Little/No appreciation in home value; and 4) High Crime Rate (burglary, vandalism).I am pretty tired of fixing broken windows, fixing broken doors/locks, and painting over graffiti.

We have a local who started as a delivery driver.

You'll need to look at adding hurricane impact windows and doors throughout the home, and bracing all the framing members of the house with hurricane straps.

How about going upstairs, knocking on their door and having a neighborly conversation to start?

that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases.

Said I wasn't allowed to have a glass window in my old back door. so I covered it in cabinet grade plywood and trimmed it out to make it look as good as possible.

From there, it's a comfortable drive on the highway, which will take you a conservative maximum of 2 hours door to door.

Pick an area that is within a 2 hour drive or a 3 hour nonstop plane flight.Get in that market and really learn it neighborhood by neighborhood block by block.Local market knowledge is every investor’s competitive advantage.I do MF deals in Greenville SC where I live and already own 400 doors.

Like many investors, I've reached critical mass (50 doors) with what I can manage myself (plus one girl PM help).