I've shifted my focus from weekend stays to targeting guests who need accommodations for 30+ days.

Even now, putting my honest opinion opens me up to being targeted with negative comments and being banned from the alumni group for not "supporting" the group.Get a Bigger pockets book on flipping and you will get the same information. 

Yeah, we both want to have the tallest buildings, but we don’t have to tear down everyone else’s building to achieve that.

Do you have a family member or friend who's achieved what you want to achieve?

Partner Driven was drawn to the Stowers Road property due to its potential for significant value appreciation with targeted renovations.

Having an experienced agent on your team before the rehab i think is very important because it is during the rehab when they can help add the most value by pointing you in the direction of what adds value to the sale, what finishes to choose and what to avoid, even what color paints are a good choice, insuring that your target sales price is not just realistic, but that it can actually appraise for that amount. 

Using the 50% rule (taxes, insurance, Capex, maintenance, vacancies, property-management), that should give us ~19K/month in pre-tax profits that achieves our 10k/month financial goal after-tax and adjusting for inflation.Our assumption is that building new-construction would reduce capex & maintenance the first few years. 

This is likely your target market.

So presuming you are on the "add one rental a year plan" after maybe buying 4 with the money you have, I would think it would take a number of years to achieve that retirement goal - but your mileage could vary depending on how much income you need to live on. 

Landlords should accept that we are targets of the political class.