Great to hear you had a plan, stuck to it, and executed it consistently.You've made the shift to the "I" quadrant, while your working friends wish to stay in the "E" or "S" quadrantsWhat are the plans now with your new FREEDOM?

For US government purposes, our legal residence is a family member's home where we stay when we are in the US.Thanks for the DSCR info.

But we can stay educated on trends.

. —- Again I’m not saying you have to do these things; it all depends what type of investor you are and what you are looking for however it is important to understand that if you shift the responsibility of either identifying the invest property or managing or any other aspect there WILL be a trade off — in this case the turnkey company has delivered on your goal of 8-9% ROI (projected... so TBC) and in return you have traded some of the other benefits of investing in RE for the convenience of not having to do much more than to look over the properties they have sent you and funding it from the comfort of your home, office, etc. ... again if this is the goal then you are on point but if the goal is to also partake in ALL of the other benefits of RE then you should understand that and not be surprised that it’s not a ‘stellar’ investment that checks all the boxes.

In this completive market, it seems as though off-market deals is the only place to really find a "comfortable" position to be in (although completely aware that we are all in a risk filled area of investing). 

When I first started everyone stayed away from 46218 because it was deemed accurate warzone.

Stay away from anything Jean Gillen / Realty Doctors tries to sell you also.

If, however, it's a longer term, perhaps staying put might make the most sense.

I would love to stay in touch. 

I'm not saying you need to move to small town America but I wanted to give you a comparison.The only way I can see you staying in NYC and looking to invest in real estate is to find a way to make more money.