I was wondering what the BP community thinks and what they would advise.My current goal is to get as quickly as possible to ~25 single homes (which is predominant in my market, not a lot of multifamily homes currently in the market) that I hold and rent, as the profit from this would be enough to supplant my current salary, allowing me to go full time into real estate.

My goal is to build a large enough stream of passive income to supplant my salary.I enjoy working out, playing sports, the outdoors, and visiting Miami Beach as many times as i can!

I can't stress this enough.Where your understanding is a little bit thin is that over time--about two years--good credit behavior can supplant derogatory credit behavior where one's FICO score is concerned.

Also the trade metrics used have a big problem accounting for the digital economy - which is a big part of our country these days as you know. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/0...So no not worries about any other country supplanting us right now. 

You, as a landlord, should be looking at options to supplant during that time, e.g.

But after awhile, I realized that I couldn't save my way to a portfolio reasonably large enough to supplant my income.