Imagine you lived in Argentina or Venezuela and hedged your bank account in Bitcoin.  

And any new builds are pricey, competitive, and or teardowns at this point. 30-45min from downtown it gets affordable and there are a lot of new builds like Wendell, Wake Forest, Youngsville, Fuquay Varina, those kind of suburbs.

Sometimes taking a break from the corporate life and getting back into REI can wake up the soul! 

I imagine this has something to do with taxation, so I would advise a CPA. 

Imagine making millions of dollars throughout your career and then having to pay Uncle Sam 30-50% every year instead of compounding that cash over time.This is exactly what real estate professionals have learned to mitigate.To reduce their taxable income, they buy a building every year, do a cost seg, and use depreciation to reduce their tax liability dramatically.Their personal wealth snowball grows much larger and much faster than their W2 counterparts who give most of their money back to the government each year.Following this strategy as a real estate professional is one of the best ways to end up with a much larger net worth at the end of your career.

I have never been, but I have heard great things about Grant Cardone's conferences.. although I would imagine they would be pretty "salesy"

I guarantee that if you follow this action, you will find yourself at new heights you never imagined possible.

BP use to be a place an investor could go to dream, imagine, learn, thrive, even conquer.  

I'd imagine you'd find out everything you need to know doing that.

Imagine 10 years.If you can add 10 units a year, you'll reach the goal in 6-7 years with a few years to improve rents.  7-8 properties kicking off 1500-2000 per month is pretty doable.As for financing - There are lenders who will lend to you on a smaller deal like this.