It would only take a few years more anyway and reduces the risk of making huge life altering mistakes significantly.

So the city gives me two options: - make second unit smaller (up to 750 sqft as it can only be 50% of the first unit)  so that it can be a second unit- or apply for the house become a duplex.The first choice does not work for me because it would alter the whole layout of the second unit and from investment point of view it does not give me any benefit.The second choice would be very expensive as the city said it would cost about 50K for all the fees to pay for the city to legalize it.

It wasn’t until I read/listened to it again in my late 20s early 30s that I began to really understand the concepts a deeper level.Some of my favorite mindset altering ideas from the book include:Assets put money into my pocket while liabilities take money out of my pocket.The rich don’t work for money.

Translation: "Whoops, I got found out. 

At that point, I would either alter my plans to meet requirements, or change locations after accepting the fact that I no longer have control over what the city decides.

Will looking at cash flow per door always translate into a good cash on cash return, cap rate, IRR, etc? 

It seems like IF I am able to earn a 14-18% IRR completely passively, with tax benefits translated to me, what is the point of buying leveraged rentals to earn 15-25% but spend valuable time managing them?

However, I do know that once I committed to RE full-time, my income doubled and i was able to focus on my business 100%.I would say, give yourself a 6 month goal...how much would you need to make a month to leave your job. create a plan to bring in double...then work backwards...how many conversations would you need to have a day, how many conversations doyou need to have a week...and then that will translate to how many sales you'll need.

@James HamlingYou bring up a great point that things alter in response to each crisis.  

Will not having as much student debt translate to proper financial success?