Continue to give your best service, promote and showcase your business in front of as many people as you can, and really execute on the things that set you apart from your competitors.

@Michael Noto This strategy seems pretty much what BP is promoting, especially for BRRRR.

I left my corporate job years after I had reached the financial exit point; the trigger was a "promotion" that would have required to spend have my life in India and China. 

Try to market and advertise it on more listing websites before you have a promotion. 

BP is pretty strict about self-promoting, so PM me if you'd like a link to our site, or you can Google us.

I'll PM you the details so I dont get flagged for promoting. 

(I'm not trying to promote the video, I just think it has great knowledge that is worth sharing)

The reason your home is a liability not an asset is because here is what happens.... example: you rent for $1500 or you can buy for $1500 it’s definitely way better to buy, pay a loan off and have a house worth something vs renting, you never get anything.... but what happens after you get a promotion or make more money you move out and get a house that is $2000 then you go to $2500 or when your house appreciates you refi cash out and spend the money on vacation or a home remodel.... you stretch yourself so thin that you have no extra money and your home is a liability... this is how a vast majority of people do it so that is why their home is a liability.

Seen many first time investors win this way as opposed to BRRRR so promoted here that may not work in your market relative to values and expected rents.

0.5-3% is pretty standard depending on the promote, which I've seen as aggressive as 50/50 over a 6% preferred return and as little as 80/20 over a 10% preferred return.