I recommend to my clients to use the SFH markets to generate short term income and wait to catch a 2 - 4 unit property and when they pop up throw those in the portfolio. 

The leads end up being very similar to FB leads that you can generate on your own for a fraction of the cost. 

This transaction highlighted our ability to generate profit efficiently and underscored our commitment to delivering successful outcomes for our partners, including R Lessons learned?

I hope I can learn enough about RE to generate my own advantage that will get me into the right property.

And at same time, it's understood that depending on what you do to convert those assets who do nothing alone, into something that generates $$$$, that the overall value/worth of that enterprise will be based upon how efficiently it generates revenue and converts gross revenue to net profit. 

I'm contemplating doing some direct mail to see if I can generate some off market that way.  

Odds are you would receive an automatically generated Notice and need to respond and explain you didn’t file past returns and ask for mercy.

This strategic move holds promise for generating positive cash flow, which could effectively alleviate the future monthly deficit if I refinance my house. 

IF however you want to generate leads or traffic to the website, SEO(search engine optimization) becomes quite important. 

Passive income is something talked about, but the majority of real estate investing is far from passive and what is called passive has payments for the passivity (management).Your why is strong, to provide generational wealth for your family and likely achieve time freedom long-term, that's awesome.