I manage a small rental portfolio that I am slowly adding to, and also have a few flips going at all times. 

From a scaling standpoint, for at least whoever is doing the books, Buildium is far behind in this and is adding time and/or cost for these added tasks that need to be done.

This long vacancy period can result in significant loss of income and added holding costs.

If you're looking to do value-added deals out of state, you're decreasing the chances of having a successful experience.

Quote from @Scott Trench: Wait... the guy who buys all the ads (through Google) on BiggerPockets YouTube videos and attempts to reach BP viewers says that Tax Liens are the best way to build wealth, asking me repeatedly and agressively why I'm not doing it? 

This option is ideal for penalty-free investment but comes with added complexity and strict IRS rules.Alternatively, a 60-Day Rollover allows you to withdraw funds and redeposit them into an IRA within 60 days to avoid penalties, though it carries the risk of missing the deadline.

I can do this full time, adding 200k every year for down payments, so I can qualify as a real estate professional to be able to do a cost segregation and accelerated deduction.

Everything went really well except for the fact that they sold the loan to a hedge fund before closing and the hedge fund's fees were added to the loanguys fees and it all added up quite a bit so I changed my mind at the closing table and used a private lender that is friends with the closing attorney. 

It is cheap real estate but adding maybe 5 properties there would saturate the market, and that is exactly what happened.Regarding the discussion about cashflow v appreciation I think you can still have both.  

I did find this deal driving driving for dollars, the realtor of the property was adding his sign in the front yard, I approached to make and offer. we close in 3 weeks.