Michael,And to answer your question how I got to 10M+ I started by saving up a decent nut and then used the funds towards the down payment to purchase my first property in 2009. 

.)- Contractor paid an individual to expedite the blueprints and plans to the city - $350.00- Contractor goes to the city to provide information, money, etc whenever required.Things that are happening that are driving me NUTS...- Plans submitted to about 2-3 different departments back and forth.

I might consider living in the house and paying the monthly nut while we're making upgrades. 

There's a lot more to be said about building fruitful and mutually benefiting relationships where each person is the focus and not the dollar amount.  

Multifamily investing is a hard nut to Crack in our area of the country.

Im going nuts bc my cell phone is usually swamped with tons of calls as it is and I can't keep taking these calls.What do I have to do to make it end?

The "flip" approach was describing special situations, which can often bear fruit in 6 months or less (though admittedly much less reliably so than a house flip).

I'm horrible at admin crap and that would drive me nuts if I had to have separate accounts for every property. 

BP Community, I have spent a lot of time in recent weeks explaining to out of state investors the true nuts and bolts behind managing properties on the south side of Chicago.  

I keep an eye on the numbers to make sure they work and hopefully a few years down will see the fruits of my labors.Thanks for the comments.