Fast forward twenty years, a refi, and a few kids later, and I started taking a closer look at the numbers.

timing and timing is of the essence my friend, if your goal is to buy and hold long term then you have an excellent strategy and you have did a great job with the finances, but if i were to start off with the 1st property i'd probably flip the second one to give you more capital to acquire additional rentals that you could buy and hold, the strategy should be flip and fix to get to the buy and holds, but whatever approach you choose to use it looks like you are off to a roaring success, keep up the great work but most of all keep sharing

We analyzed quite a few, twenty or so, but this is the first one we've gotten an accepted offer on.

A little about myself, I'm in my mid-twenties and work in finance.

A twenty-something guy came down and said they would set something up.  

Hello, my name is Alex Nichols, I am a twenty-two-year-old entrepreneur looking to get into real estate investing!

.-- If we do not receive your rent in full in a timely manner, we will serve you with a 3-day legal notice, “Notice to Pay Rent or Quit”.Each time we serve a legal notice, we charge an additional twenty dollars ($20.00).-- If you do not follow the terms of the “Notice to Pay Rent or Quit” we may then begin eviction proceedings against you and you will be charged with the crime of “Unlawful Detainer” if a judge upholds our claim.The amount of rent now due, as of today’s date _________________, is as follows:Current Month Late Fee_______________Current Month Rent_______________TOTAL DUE_______________Time is of the essence.If you have not already posted your rent via the mail, please call us immediately to make arrangements for us to collect the rent in person.Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter!

I'm currently a Restaurant Assistant GM whos been in the service industry for over twenty years.

You would just 1031 exchange again I assume but possibly with the advantage of finding one deal at a time instead of twenty-five leveraged deals in a short timeframe (if you went that route now).

She makes pretty good money in the business, but has been doing it for twenty years and really wants to get out of it.