They go quiet when you ask how much money they've earned, how many deals they've done, when they reached financial independence, etc.

If you're switching from STR, you should expect a decrease in ROI since MTRs earn less than STRs in general.

See the 2020 aerial view below.Very little undeveloped private land is left in the Las Vegas Valley, and desirable areas cost more than $1 million per acre.

I do NOT owe anyone who made other choices any part of my lifestyle I EARNED!

That way I am learning while earning. 

Hopefully you did not pay too much for the dirt. 1 acre is optimal these days because of desired double to triple drive thru for QSR.It can become a problem because if they make the building smaller you get less rent but they do more sales.Example a QSR used to be 3,000 to 4,000 sq ft but now instead wants double drive thru's as not many go inside for fast food like pre-covid.If you get 1,000 a foot less at 30 a foot you just lost 30k NOI and now at 5 cap example paying all cash NNN once developed you have lost 600k value.It can fine as long as you do not overpay for the land.

Yes, it can feel like "wasted" money on months where rent is auto-paid and there is no maintenance to be done, but when you get a bad tenant or two or when deferred maintenance finally catches up to you, they certainly earn their keep.At your scale, you might be able to get a bulk discount with a good PM, especially if you can show how well your current systems are working and how they'd be needed less than usual.

Rough est is $500k (contractor walk through) with approx $9k earnings monthly.All this said.

That means 70 hours per week to earn $40k.

Real Estate investment/holding companies are generally classified as earning "passive" income and are taxed at the highest corporate tax rate (~44% in most provinces).