Stay persistent and consistent and you will eventually get to reach your goal. 

As someone who may likely pursue multifamily investing in the future, your advice regarding dealing with the water department is much appreciated.I recall you had an earlier post about good books on landlording, and I wanted to drop a few here that I've come across consistently in my education.  

If i cant do it, i may have a buyer in my 50k name list or our database of a few hundred that buy from us very consistently. 

As a broker, your represented interest in a short sale should be consistent with the bank's (sellers) interest, not your LLC interest.

IF you can, however, you'd most likely be volunteering for double taxation (assuming the account consists entirely of pre-tax funds): you'd pay the loan back with after-tax funds (tax #1) and then when you withdraw in retirement, you'd pay taxes again (tax #2).

Buyers consistently received bad service from selling agent such as late communication, late delivery of required documents such as lease agreements required for loan/bank (2 weeks late for 2 of the 3 lease agreements with no tenant/owner signature and haven't received 3rd lease agreement) as well as selling agent did not give notification to 2 of the 3 tenants for loan appraisal so appraiser had to come twice to property, all to which has delayed buyer's loan.

@Keeya WangJones,The calculators on here work well, consistent, and look professional when showing the person you are obtaining financing from. 

I'm a complete newbie to the real estate game, who dreams of starting my own residential real estate empire, buying and holding homes across the country in consistent markets to generate passive income in order to be my own boss. 

It is a bit easier to define and work on a niche in residential properties.I personally wouldn't focus on the speed of acquiring the money,  and place more of the focus on the consistancy of earning money.

But with the right consistency and effort it will happen.