For rents to increase faster than inflation, there must be significant and sustained population growth.Sufficient income to replace your current income: This will require multiple properties.

Get quotes from multiple contractors to know exactly what it will take to get the project back on track.

Quote from @Peaches Jones: You've asked this same question in multiple places.

multiple steps or extra LLCs are ok. 

If you are focused on getting multiple assets at once, consider this:1. you really don't have enough available capital to do this safely right now and you will buy cash flow properties with cap ex which you will need reserves for2. you need $15-20k in reserves for each property you buy so factor that in3. when you try to buy multiple properties to start, you end up missing the mark on your first one because you are collecting and not curating your portfolio

I will teach you for free.Not even the gurus can come close the the multiple 6-figure assignment fees me and my students make.

When I could've lowered coverage and sent it multiple times to a smaller lead group. 2.

Quote from @Chris Seveney: Quote from @Gino Barbaro: @Chris SeveneyI've interviewed both, multiple times over the years.

If you own multiple properties, you can elect to group them together as a single activity for tax purposes, known as a "grouping election.”

By listing it lower, it may be more likely to be supported by comps AND could create a demand buzz that will lead to multiple offers and competition.