Figure out your niche by reading and researching, find deals to analyze (fill your funnel), go look at properties and put together offers based on your criteria, figure out financing/purchase power at some point, submit offers, stick to your criteria, then build your rental property empire. 

I'm totally 100% interested in cash flow.Goals are to supplement my income at the moment and eventually I'd like to get into working my properties and growing the rental empire full time while making gobs of cashflow (just being honest right?

A discussion on the fastest appreciating markets in town would be a very different one, but hopefully this gives a more empirical spin on the conversation.

The interest rate I got (6.75%) tells you how long ago that was.Being stationed in Germany put a hold on building my empire, but since leaving the Army I've bought 3 more SFH in Austin.

No, you don’t need a massive real estate empire to achieve your dreams of financial freedom.

Now if you have a ton of cash, you can get a real jump start, but the majority of newbies don't have a ton of cash, and have to build the empire one step at a time.  

Here's a BP article that talks about it: House Hacking by Brandon Turner.To your future empire,Danelson

This actually did occur in history, look up how the Roman Empire failed.  

I have joined this Community to financially educate myself and hopefully create win - win situations for myself and others willing to invest their time, money, and wisdom into my soon to be Real Estate Empire.

Do you want another $10M net worth in your real estate empire?