I’m also curious for those who have achieved early FI how many doors it took.

All of the part time, or one-off STR owners just don’t have the same experience to achieve actually optimized STR results.

Attend real estate seminars, workshops, and networking events to expand your knowledge and connections in the industry.Set Goals and Create a Plan: Define your short-term and long-term goals as a real estate investor and create a plan to achieve them.

Any suggestions on specific banks that may be more apt to work with me in achieving this?  

Real estate investing is too much work to not achieve outpaced returns.Phoenix homes have appreciated 60% in the past three years. 

Here are tips to limit tax liability.Image: HouseLogicMost homeowners aim for a substantial increase in home value – and many are achieving it when they sell their primary home.

They can choose to believe you (a random appraiser who we've never heard from before this thread) or they can choose to believe all the experienced investors here who have achieved successful appraisals on literally hundreds of deals using the methodologies outlined in this thread.It's completely up the readers to decide which side is more compelling...

Simply making it "nice builder grade" would have likely achieved the same rents.

Talk about a success story,very impressive.What part of the country did you achieve this and what types of real estate were you involved with?

This is achieved because the IRS allows deductions for interest paid on investments when the money is borrowed to do so.