I've received different advice - on one extreme is sell off all your rentals, take the cash and take the capital gains tax hit and invest in stocks/index funds (not from a RE investor, from people I know who are horrified that I have more than one mortgage), which I won't do.

Fix n flips are typically dealer status income not capital gain.  

As you gain momentum, you'll realize that each of these tasks are full-time commitments and that they'll quickly become more than any one person can handle. 

In July, the U.S. commercial real estate market experienced mixed results, with property price gains slowing, particularly among individual investors.

I have done several evictions on my own in the past simply to gain knowledge.

I'm trying to learn as much as possible to gain the confidence needed to invest in my first property.

I am working on getting MLS access there as well *and working through a proxy investor-minded 'boots ion the ground' family member/realtor there.Contact me if you would like to go through my investor consultation process Hi Milton, as a land flipper in TX/AL how could I obtain access to the MLS in missouri markets?

Jumping into a fourplex is a great way to gain firsthand investing experience while building credibility as an agent.

You should be able to offset all the passive losses against the passive gain.

That is several thousand in rent gained right there and they is not even counting the cost you would incur with each turnover.