That's perfectly achievable and  viable escape route, especially at your age. 

The 1% rule is basically impossible to achieve in Portland2.  

I specialize in assisting first-time home buyers to achieve their ultimate dream, as well as supporting real estate investors in understanding their markets to capture their highest rate of return on their investments.

PM with any local reccomendations for real estate / prop mgrs in that area that may help me achieve an accurate market value / CMAs.

I thought that was an achievable goal but it doesn't look like it is for the Houston market and areas I'm targeting.

A couple of caveats...a larger tile with tight grout lines needs a very flat floor, which isn't difficult to achieve, or correct in the installation.

100 votes may not seem like much, but it was a goal I set out to achieve several weeks ago. 

While cap rate based on existing T12 may only be 7%, it is likely a hotel could achieve 10%+.

How can I achieve this?

Achieving economies of scale may best be attained through volume, but learning how to do it on a small scale will pay generous dividends later; pitching the concept to investors will be much easier when you can show concrete results, and extrapolate from those results instead of being forced to rely solely on projections from a concept.