However, the only reference to Homeland Security I’ve seen is a post of a seeming “wish list” of investigative agencies by the OP in the Norada thread, who, if you read his posts, is obviously less than a reliable source of information and consumed by rage.  

They are very time consuming if you manage it your self .

Now if you're just looking to make your credit report look better, that might work but not sure why that would be worthwhile unless you were just looking to borrow more consumer-type debt rather than hard asset notes. 

Allow direct to consumer auto sales from the manufacturer.

In my area there is a great landlord/tenant handbook on the county website that is a great resource, perhaps your area has something similar and I'd get super familiar with that.

Finding off market deals by yourself is time consuming and costs $$

Flitting from owner to owner is a great way to destroy one's reputation in an area as well as a very time consuming way to lose money.Abandoning a lease opens up an MTR operator to being sued as well.

JD - and with higher wages comes increased consumer demand which leads to higher prices/inflation. 

This initial negative position can consume years of the small real cash flow (when using realistic expenses).   

Wholesaling and flipping is going to be a lot more time consuming and active type of investment where building a portfolio of rentals can be a lot more doable while also working full-time.