It's also common for the "cash only" advertisements to come from brokers or sellers who are misinformed.

I was an electrician for over 20 years with my last electrical job being shop foreman for a custom electrical control panel shop and UL 508 specialist.

Sounds like you did a great job with the rehab and adding the extra bedrooms really paid off!

If you really have gone from 3 to 200 properties this past year while having a two W2 jobs, you seem to have found your niche and doing well, good for you. 

Owning real estate can be a full time job at times.

It is just a job, not RE investing.Save up and buy your own place to Truley create wealth and not just make an actual owner money.

I currently own a few properties here in Bryan-College Station, I have a full time sales job so try to stay as passive as possible. 

I would focus on getting a solid job/career then going into a house hack. 

They do a good job of regularly releasing episodes and they frequently talk about starting out with their initial capital pool and growing their business. 

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.