Another investor tried to Reno the basement and his contractor took out the support beams and the floor collapsed.

I have been laser focused on how to get my foot in the door (strategy), and I think it will be by purchasing an SFH, and living in it for one year, then renting it out.

Compressive stress from beam loading forces.

To raise the ceiling you do away with trusses--so I had to bring in jacks a gluelam beam and necessary 2x8's to support the roof.

most of those historical homes are pier and beam witch is alot easier to adjust.

I'm a remodeler, so it's pretty inexpensive for me, but 3/1s are often older homes, which in our area means pier & beam foundations, so the plumbing is much simpler than dealing with a slab.

Apparently it just took months for the water to work its way through the cracks in the cement and completely rot out the support beam above the rear basement door.Well as you can imagine I'm sure...we do eventually start making some progress.

I love the picture of the small wood logs stacked up under the beam holding it in place.

Took the two first floor walls down to studs in preparation for our carpenter to put up support beams and remove the framing.  

Not sure what parts of the world or what type of people in need I'll be helping yet, I'm kind of a I want to try everything type of person over laser focused.My question is am I wrong to work my 9-5 where I love the work but dislike the corporate structure, freelance my skill set for additional income and because I geniuniely like the work, and but turn key investments to grow my portfolio OVER starting both active and passive strategies of REI until I can exit my full time gig and achieve my 20k a month goal even faster?