Of course I don't agree with everything in the book, but what Stanley's trying to show and say is, overall, the best strategic resource on how to live in order to help yourself get from zero to a million on your personal balance sheet that's ever been written in America.Stanley's gone, sadly, killed by a drunk driver in 2015.

This will determine what kind of strategy you will follow, core, core plus, value add or opportunistic.If you were looking at $100k-$250k of capital I'd say you could be more liberal in your approach but since you are talking about 7 figures I would be alot more strategic about where you park your capital.

From my research, a lot of investors spend renovation money in such a strategic way that all their money of reno's is back with them in 24 months (Example below).

Through strategic marketing How did you finance this deal?

It appears this finance person becomes more important when taking a more strategic role with the company, and not necessarily just the debits and credits.

This is more of a strategic play for the future and I don't have time to pick up many extra properties unless they are very close.

Tax sales are often strategic defaults where the combined liens on the property exceed the value of the property (aka negative equity or underwater).  

By selecting electives strategically, people can slant their education to meet their own particular needs better.When I got my degree in the 1970s, for example, one of the electives I took was Law in Management and Engineering.

I would really appreciate referrals to tax or legal professionals who can help me strategize and possibly file the paperwork for the structuring/shuffling of assets.

There ARE deals to be had on the MLS, you just have to be strategic about it.