Good neighborhoods, excellent schools, and literally--where does the house I want sit in the actual neighborhood...I say does it look like a $650K house area when I'm done?

You clearly found an excellent niche for yourself, hoping to do something similar myself.  

have an excellent day all!!

You did an excellent job summarizing your experience.

Make sure, before you purchase, that you have an excellent team.

These are excellent if you can do a 12-14 day close. 

At this point, I would recommend having a line of credit to cover these things so you don't have money sitting in the bank doing nothing when it could be put to work.I have 33 units, no debt except for mortgages, and excellent income.

While cash flow can be limited within the downtown area, there are still excellent opportunities for cash-flowing rentals in surrounding regions.

I have an excellent consultant who helped us a couple of year back.

My takeaway after more than a decade of experience is that Section 8 can be an excellent way to diversify your portfolio, but I wouldn’t recommend relying on it exclusively.If you have any questions or want to dive deeper into the specifics, feel free to reach out.