However, because we have numerous investors and our staff is devoted to active investigation, we request that you try to avoid calling my office for routine updates.

I didn't know anything about this business when I started, so everything was from scratch and I learned as I went along...After my first couple rehabs, I started noticing that 80% of my mine was being devoted to 20% of the tasks (Pareto Principle!)

Time: Spending time looking through the reports, asking questions, moving onto other boxes to check in your systems.Until @Brandon Turner & @Joshua Dorkin  can stop saying mean things about each other on the podcasts and devote more time putting a "poll" option on the forums.

@Terry Cobbs  use the equity to fund fix and flips.. although not sure you have enough to do much... also you could get schooled on buying NPN  those you can find very cheap all over the US.. but they are WORK to get them to bear fruit. but it sounds like you have plenty of time to devote to a new project.Tax liens in your state ( I think its a tax lien state) could be an option as well.

I wonder if i can make my own site and SEO without relying on waiting months and months for a web developer to decide he can devote 2 hours to my little project ya know what I mean. 

I have to pay them via a payroll company so that all the appropriate taxes are taken out.You certainly *COULD* do that, but I wouldn't recommend it...Having employees will create a lot of overhead (both expense of time/effort) and will also add additional risk for which you'll need to both insure and devote time to oversight.My guess is that you'll find that the expense associated with hiring a full time contracting crew will be MUCH more than just sticking with only hiring insured contractors.

I thought a new forum devoted to the niche would be a good idea.

If he wasn't my friend, I don't think he would have devoted as much time as he did with me at the start.The way it should be done is probably these steps to learning:1 - Find a local mentor that is willing to answer questions, and teach you the basics. 

There's a saying about teaching a man to fish...As with everything in this field - The first time you do something new, you should devote yourself to learning it.

I dont have endless hours to devote to this nonsense nor at its heart do I really care if someone does or does not get it.