Honestly, the buy and hold seems to be a good path for a massive accumulation of wealth.

And that should be addressed before taking on something else that requires financial know how and discipline.With that being said, if I were starting out again and I had my expenses converted by my income and every month I was able to save $500 - $1000 and I had accumulated about $10,000 in savings and I wanted to learn how to get into real estate, this is what I would personally do.First is would start by learning the language of real estate though reading about, listening to, and associating with other real estate investors.

Starting out, capital is scarce for me so I am trying to accumulate lower cost homes before moving on to bigger and brighter things. 

We look for a minimum of 25% cash on cash. (98% of all properties we down are refied out 100% and still have over 30% in equity on very conservative appraisals)Minimum of 25% equity after repairMinimum of $ 350 net cash flow/ monthDebt Coverage ratio or 1.55 or more per property.There numbers might seem crazy but over the past 5 years we have managed to accumulate a portfolio of 160 + Single Family properties around chicago suburbs. 

Many only realize it after the have accumulated a large portfolio of junk properties.

My business partner and I have accumulated 120+ doors in just under a year.

I've fortunately been able to accumulate an amount of capital that allows me to stop working as an employee, and am looking to focus my efforts full time on leveraging that capital into real estate investment that will (1) provide monthly cash flow and (2) diversify my assets beyond solely the stock market.

Due to item 1, adding an ADU can require years to start achieving any return (once the accumulated cash flow recovers the initial negative position).4) Adding an ADU is a slow process.

These are OOS and managed by PM.I am not sure if will be able to accumulate enough REPS hours by the end of the year.

To echo Thomas, yeah, you don't have to wait 5 years for CV accumulation.