@Lucas DeAndradeWith the investors I work with they are  normally acquiring and average of 4 properties. 

Period.If you think every seller is motivated, every number will work, and buyers will throw cash at you, you’re setting yourself up for disappointment.👉 Adjust your expectations—this business is about consistent effort, not overnight success.2️⃣ INACTION IS COSTING YOU DEALSEver stare at a lead and overanalyze every detail?

And to a lesser extent gig work, house hacking, roommates. 

Both are excellent and work great.

I work in WA, not IL.Sounds like similar facts - you need to be licensed if you are going to manage other folks' property.Here, you need to hang your license under a managing broker until you can get your managing brokers license, as brokers can't touch money and do a few other things legally.If it's like WA, you will have to hang your license under a managing broker at a brokerage, and coordinate deposits, contracts, fees with them.If that is the case, ask some brokerages that will allow you to hang your license under them for minimal fees in order to be compliant.

I'm currently working with a realtor who himself is a real estate investor.

What strategies have worked best for you when managing your real estate portfolio?

I feel like there's still people trying to make BRRRR deals work close to the city and the truth is it's nearly impossible given prices, rates, and the cost of construction.

So overall experience of your QI to work in a number of markets and locations is really the key. 

I've been listening to the BP podcast, listen to several RE investing audiobooks and watched numerous videos of investors talking about investing so it is safe to say I have a certain level of understanding of how the game works.