@Igor Khait - Thanks it was a journey but I’m still continuing to grow at a steely pace.

Not trying to dig on bankers, they just work at a different pace.

I can only buy one or two properties a year at this pace unless I scaled down to small, single family homes which I’m not opposed to.

I like the longevity and wealth building overtime of rentals, however the quick pace of house flipping also has my interest.

I am also PCSing there by the end of the year and am looking into Pensacola, Gulf Breeze, and Pace.

Turns out that to date I've contributed about $196K to SSA over the years; if I work at my same pace (W2 job), I will contribute another $188K over the next 19 years and retire at age 67. 

Go at your own pace and it's ok if you don't end up with a 1000 doors.

I would like to be in a pretty hands off environment so that I can learn/bring business at my own pace since I will only be doing this part time to start off. 

In addition (as shown on the chart below) competition levels continued to boost prices, albeit, at a much slower pace than pre-2003.Sale Price vs DOM:Q2 of 2019 continues the pattern we've seen for the past 3 years, which is accelerated growth.

My thinking is that these two things will allow me to source and inspect properties at my own pace, since the activity I most want to focus on is filling my deal flow pipeline.