Do you have a full-time job you are looking to leave, or just want your investments to supplement your day job? 

It's like the casual friend of ours who wanted to learn flipping so he could make money to supplement his retirement.

My hope is to be able to really narrow my focus to 1 zip code, find a property that only needs cosmetic repairs, finance with 5% down and then cover the repairs with cash or perhaps a small bank loan to supplement if I don't have enough cash to cover all repairs.

we will have generated enough income through rental properties to supplement what he made as active duty.

As a result we have a country that's in huge debt and still printing money to pay for more handouts because no matter how much supplement the government provides to people, it's never enough. 

Once this processes, you can ask your lender to supplement your credit report.

If it is a house hack that they will be living in long term then having a $1500 coming in every month to supplement their mortgage payment sounds like a good deal to me.

Some want to quit there job while others are looking to supplement there income or replace it in retirement.  

With the supplemental income from the feds, this is a HUGE amount of money for everyone currently ($4k a month) and is helping to keep things afloat.

Owner says the gas well provides free gas for 10 months a year and is supplemented by city gas for the coldest months.