Once you feel you've built a strong team with your first property and have solid systems in place, I would then start buying more aggressively and taking on bigger projects.I suggest reading this BP article on the core 4.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-team

Humility was a core teaching that was quietly repeated every week at Sunday school, as an altar boy, in my readings about Christianity.And just as you, adulthood has been a neverending process of disappointment.

The property was available at a compelling price of $110,000.

The property was available at a compelling price of $65,000.

While there's less bedrock to stand a defense by on this gut based approach, as long as the criteria that's compelling the denial or delay does not violate the law, it should be fine.I've been leasing property for 13 years and have dealt with pretty much every personality and all woks of life.

Develop 'core four' and add additional team members to increase the number of properties going through the process. 

I'd be focused on the urban core or urban core adjacent where real money is made. 

@Britney RossIf you're looking to scale a portfolio and you've never done it, and want to do it as efficient and as cost effective as possible, find someone who's done it and learn their systems and processes.We were stuck at 500 units, went and hired coaches, learned about core values, cadences of accountability, and other processes that we implemented to grow to over 2,000 units.What I knew at 50 units was not going to get me to 500 and what I knew at 500 was not going to get me to 1000.A lot of work is involved to implement, but the cost is well worth it.Gino

Hi @Jose VillalbaOne thing to remember when you are getting into RE investing is to have your team of people or as Brandon Turner from the Bigger Pockets Podcast calls it your CORE 41.

@Francisca MacOne thing to remember when you are getting into RE investing is to have your team of people or as Brandon Turner from the Bigger Pockets Podcast calls it your CORE 41.