There have been countless podcasts of folks who've done just that!

I do have to say though that I truly believe that finding a great CPA is invaluable, even for the small things, my families CPA has saved us a lot of money and countless headaches.

After listening to many podcasts and reading countless books this past year, I truly appreciate Bigger Pockets for the education and laying the foundation to 1: Believe it’s possible to achieve financial freedom and 2: Providing a huge resource for everyone can use for guidance through this path.My plan for 2018 is to create a foundational LLC in target areas where I’d like to be during retirement years of Las Vegas and Florida.

In that respect then, how come no one has ever mentioned that before in all of the countless webinars/podcasts (Brandon Turner) that partnering along those lines is waking a fine line into a different territory altogether?

Countless young software engineers spent hours upon hours trying to solve someone else's problem without actually having any first hand experience.

There are countless other factors but since it's your neighbor I assume you know the local market.    

After all, how much of your business is thrown out as unsalvageable (only after having spent countless interactions to develop in the first place)?

We were in business with countless part time, dual career, investor based agents and with some of the fees  these agents still chose us because of the education as well as the vertical and horizontal income opportunities built into the model (profit share, JV title company, JV insurance company, ability to build a team, expand the team, ability to take on leadership positions, ability to get paid to train and coach, etc.)

I've spent countless hours doing exactly what you've done here in modeling out my own finances, real estate, businesses, etc.

Countless new investors flame out after no deals or 1 deal because of the lack of planning and willingness to put in the work to make it a sustainable business.