Great bullet points, if one concentrates on doing each of those correctly, one can be successful.

You can find a segment with a high concentration of reliable tenants by working with local property managers.

Concentrate on school, don't screw up your life trying to get into RE investing with wheeler dealers or gurus, finance laws can take a very big bite out of you!

Get your CPA to get a high income W2 fixed salary and than during non tax season i would concentrate on real estate.

I have many questions now and some that I am sure will come up later you may be able to help me with or maybe just tell me I am concentrating on the wrong thing.

There's a great podcast by @Whitney Sewell which concentrates solely on syndications.

(and usually panicking and not concentrating) There's been a ton written about that.

Investing in a private lending fund based on the East Coast would also give you geographic diversity and reduce the market risk of owning multiple real estate investments in a concentrated geographic area.You’ll want to look for a private loan fund that controls other risks as well.

Do you know what concentration of deaths by age those statistics comprise?

This way you know you are not chasing a ghost.Appreciate that Marcus, that’s why I’m concentrating on that location.