Hiring an assistant will take place once you have 75 - 100 doors, maybe more.

A large part of my work day was selling the courses and assisting the students.Learn By DoingNote and real estate investing is a learn by doing business.

Evaluating a self-storage opportunity and would love folks' input on a few questions that I have, below. 

Since rent range is pulling from property managers the data is cleaner, because so many self managed property investors market their property way too expensive and they will never get that rent, it is just hopes and dreams.

I'm now figuring out how to maximize the return on current properties and add value, efficient ways to self manage, etc.

It will allow you to roll existing retirement funds into the 401k (save Roth IRA) and self direct those funds.  

I wanted to be able to help educate people, especially the underserved community, about real estate, whether buying, selling, and assisting with the process of foreclosures and short sales.

Quote from @Dave Chengoue: Quote from @Wale Lawal: @Dave ChengoueIt's great to see your focus on multifamily properties and your clear plan for self-management.

However, we will likely need a property manager to assist with some facets of running this rental (since we would not live locally) and would primarily market it through platforms such as Airbnb and VRBO to start, (eventually setting up a direct booking process).Here's our question for those who have experience in STR's or who might be involved in a similar scenario: How challenging is it to meet the material participation hours needed to achieve active status?

Why even concern yourself with the legality if it’s self serving and harmful to your family member?