@Paul Lucenti It is common to equate acquiring more properties to scaling and many rely on buying lower tier market/neighborhood section 8 rentals to achieve this goal.

Choose a goal so ambitious it forces you to grow into the person who can achieve it.

But with the zoning regulations, the pricing of houses seem so impossible to achieve.

@Geoff Engel depending on what amount of available cash you are starting with and what you ultimately want to achieve will help determine your path.

What are you looking to achieve in the short, mid, long term?

They then obtain a favorable appraisal and achieve decent cash flow in the earlier years.

You can still achieve it, but finding deals that actually pencil out on all criteria (low enough purchase price, low enough renovation cost, cash flows on the backend, all cash out at refinance) is pretty hard.

We are dedicated to delivering comprehensive real estate investment services designed to help our clients achieve their goals.You bring the deal; we bring the funding! 

Doing it yourself will work, but it takes education, time, and effort to achieve success.

If you have $550K in your retirement account to invest, you can achieve $12,011/month in passive monthly income.