Steadily is my go to, but I see you mentioned them already. 

.: @Jonathan ChanYour other post mentioned about your mom's SIDRA doing lending. 

The person who gave me a demonstration mentioned that by using it, listings were much better ranked on Airbnb (he emphasized that the listing updates every night, which is good for the algorithm).

One of the most important skills you didn't mention is networking, which you are obviously doing well at too.I'd recommend connecting 1:1 (zoom, coffee. lunch, etc.) with a couple from the BP Chicago community or better yet check out some of the local meetups: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-real-estate-events-...Make friends with the meetup hosts...they will often know whos who and can help you make the right connections.Regarding your license, I think it's a great idea if you have the time and are going at it with the right intentions. 

Quote from @Lee Mobley: In Georgia, there has been a default judgement entered against both Outstanding Real Estate Solutions, Inc. and Chimene Van Gundy for $200,104.53 plus costs as well and a default judgement entered against Michael Trofimoff and Viridis Holdings, LLC total sum $197,334.45 plus costs for similar issues mentioned in other comments here. 

If the seller says "its a solid 7 cap" and its more of a 5-6 cap after you purchase and the taxes go up, do you mention it?

I have seen it happen maybe 5 times over the years and directly involved in 2  .. the one I mentioned that I bought the first after the second was bought and another were I was bidding but got out bid B/C other bidder did not know about the first.In the its a Small World category..

^^ not a way to get around the net income for your rental, but as mentioned DTI restrictions are different from lender to lender so you might find more leeway looking into that. 

As another poster mentioned, there are already financial risks in the ways in which we handle money, therefore; why are investors going to look at crypto currencies any differently than any of those?

I did all the options mentioned above to buy properties with $0 or little money out of pocket.