What makes KC and other midwest cities such good places to invest for cash flow, is that our price increases and decreases are much more gradual than they are on the coasts AND our rental rates more closely match those price increases and decreases.  

I'm interested in a gradual shift.

Once she has paid the contractors, she realizes any future gains, whereas you are being paid for the job, through the rent, plus getting an ownership percent besides.The fair way to do it, for you and your sister, would be for you to be paid whatever FMV is for your services, off the top of the gross income, your sister collects all other rent beyond expenses, and you use the money that you've been paid for your services to gradually buy your way into ownership - so in 5 years, you'll have accumulated 50k for your services, and you trade that 50k back to your sister for a 25% ownership stake. 

Use some of the profit from flips to buy multi families and you can gradually work your way up to 10k a month in passive income.

UTSW and all the other medical employers likely to grow around that area....We don't hear much about it, but I would expect many of the biomedical research centers will gradually move to lower cost and lower wage environments like Dallas and will/would locate to that general vicinity over the next 10 years, just like tech and banking has....For the most part real estate is a get wealthy slowly game....not a get rich quickly game......hold for the long term...slow and steady...to build wealth.   

So.....I have and manage two duplexes, but I want to get bigger fast, but I work full time as a military officer.I have read several books, listened to lots of podcasts and I’m ready to either make my first deal with $25k down and get started small and go gradually, or put that $25k in this mentor program.

Asking because if so, it will make it easier for you to network with other investors in the area and gradually form the connections needed to form a syndication2.

Remind the seller about capital gains tax, and that if he were to receive monthly payments it would be gradually taxed as years go by.

The strategy in 24 months is to gradually increase rents between $200-250 on average; even after rent increase it will be below most comparable properties in the area.

Existing tenants will have their rent increased only very gradually.