Educating others is how I’ve been able to multiply my investing efforts across the country; so if you’re looking for some guidance and/or a partner, I’d enjoy the opportunity to call my next trip to CO a “business trip” and to come out and collect create some income together. 

An example of the taxes,   if a house is assessed at $100,000,   divide that by 3=   $33,333 and multiply by 17% =  $5,666 in taxes for a $100k property.       

Any advice for an alternate strategy that can multiply properties quicker?

Kids get older, expenses increase, and the drama in your life will multiply X fold if you can't provide for your family.

The problem is that things went painfully slow for the first few years, and now the rewards are beginning to multiply.

Also, $100 divided by the average gas tax in the US of $0.48/gallon yields multiplied by the average MPG (25) of a US vehicle equals 5200 miles not 10,000.

You've essentially generated $40,000 with $30,000 which has multiplied your original investment by 1.3.

There’s a multiplying effect when you rehab a property.

Now multiply those hours by a reasonable rate. 

Many respected experts will typically advise using a multiplier somewhere around 0.45 and 0.50.