My dad thought he would be smart and homestead a rental, got caught and basically paid double the homestead exemption in fines and back taxed.

Look for lots of roof tops and very little retail.  

Many who have registered in louisville have noted a sharp uptick in fines for dereliction of property over on the Facebook Page louisville landlords love section 8.

The other plus is you don't have to fool with rooftop panels when it's time to re-roof.The cash flow isn't the point, it's the capitalized value of the additional NOI that you are really after.  

For this reason I have a bachelors in Aerospace engineering a masters in finance and am in the process of starting a masters in mechanical engineering.

I agree you will have much more success on focusing on a solution that works for the seller vs. having a few fancy outdated guru techniques that you try to ramrod down a sellers throat.I don't want you to feel like you need to get the equivalent of a law degree & and an MBA in finance.

Its just a business of selling information and willing buyer and willing seller comes to play..And unless one was handed an already operating profitable RE business we ALL started as newbies never have done a deal,, little or no cash, and somehow figured out how to succeed..Those with backgrounds in finance and Marketing and construction.

San Fran 1.5 to infinity.  

If your passive cash flow is consistently greater than your living expenses, this time is infinity and you have achieved financial freedom.  

Working in finance with a mutual fund company has been great but it can be tough when your job, income and investments are all closely tied to the same thing, the stock market.