I have goals of obtaining enough MF property to replace my current career by the age of 50 (I'm actually shooting for $6K/m by November of 2026 because, why not?)

Hey Nicholas,My wife is a licensed real estate agent and my MIL has owned and managed real estate companies for most of her career.

@Aj Yorkjust to be blunt - out of state is tougher than advertised, and cash flow is difficult in any market, even supposed "lower cost" markets like KC. 

They are in areas that are difficult to make investments work.  

ISpeed want's recording's of calls, which is very difficult to accomplish when, as in this case, I purchased the lead while in the field from my cell phone.    

I exported it to a SS from Steassa, added columns for the dep lifetime and dep already taken, and went from there.Getting it back into QB wasn't that difficult, since it's just the aggregate.

In Columbia, finding a small multi-family property that makes sense numbers-wise can be difficult, but not impossible (low supply).

He will be required to have references and proper insurance but it's not difficult having him approved. 

Residential properties are based on sales comps in the area and this is very difficult to control.

For a 5 bed, 3 bath house, it may be difficult to get random travel nurses to all share a 5 bedroom place.