But even then it still means you have this chunk of your nest egg that is doing nothing but balancing the liability of your mortgage. 

BUT...if the goal is to save any income from appreciation or cash flow to keep building a nest egg until its generating enough income to retire on, how is SFH vs OOS MFH vs syndication any different?

As an agent, I believe it is part of my job to provide as many of those services as I can and help to educate my clients along the way so they can "leave the nest" :-) Ideally, you as an investor, should be able to learn enough in 1 to 2 years (depending on how many deals you do) to venture out on your own without need for an agent, project manager, etc.

If you were looking to create wealth quickly, you're going to build a large nest egg faster in a low cap rate market.

I've dug my head into books, classes, and this online forum for 3 months, I'm ready to leave the nest. 

I do use WIFI thermostats (NEST and Sensi) as my summer season is VERY hot and EXPENSIVE for utilities. 

I grew up being taught to pay everything off asap, don't carry any loans, don't use credit cards, and then as I got older and started to invest and became self employed, I realized that you can leverage debt to your advantage to build a nice nest egg in the long run.  

After creating a nest egg for CapX, the margin over the monthly payments could be put towards the principle of the loan. 

Well these so called guards (upon lifting them) had A LOT of small debris underneath, a bunch of small ants nests and lots of moisture.

Said there were bug infestations and squirrels nesting in the walls.