Nobody wants to work their butt off to make a little when everyone else at the table is eating the steak.

The closest and most similar lot sold 2 years ago for 120k. 

Take us out for a nice steak dinner when you become rich in the next 6 months ;)Your progress might be slower from a RE angle but not from an overall wealth angle.

. :)The closest to this that now exists, for the cash heavy but income modest, is buying out the PMI upfront on a conventional mortgage, rather than ever making a monthly PMI payment.

For example if the house you are looking to buy is a 3bd 1ba 1 car garage built in 1970, try and find the 3 closest properties that has sold in the last 6 months as close to your property as possible.

To have a "legal" transaction the only things you need is property address, contract signed by both parties detailing terms, and proof of funds to close.  State

Pearland is arguably the closest suburb to the city as well.

She then proceeded to list off several mentors around my area so that I could narrow them down to the ones based closest to me. 

To date this is the closest I’ve been to my goal.

I, like you, am a CPA but the closest I get to tax and structures is doing my own taxes.