Vancouver WA), or maybe go inland to Spokane or Boise.

I have multiple insurance agents for my residential properties, but none of them are able to provide insurance for a small commercial wood framed building I bought recently in the Inland Empire.  

We hold the majority of our properties in Land trusts for a number of reasons.  

I would then use then credit to purchase my own property and start the empire. 

Many would-be investors never get started because they can’t trump emotion with logic and empirical proofs.7.Don’t put the cart before the horse, but make sure you have both: Have a game plan.

You could have quite the little empire after ten years.As I bought more, I would buy nicer.

@James WiseJames, there is a concept called "empirical costs" which is the cost of doing a particular business or selling a particular product which could have an empirical adverse effect on others.The most common is smoking. 2nd hand smoke can have a devastating effect on the person NOT doing the smoking.

If you plan on financing your future rental empire, getting cheap money will be very helpful.  

I actually began remodeling/rehabbing and making friends with the probate and assessors office when I was 16 years old, spent 7 years in banking, and  I am currently laying the foundation for the empire I am on my way to creating in the real estate world. 

You're definitely in the right place to learn and grow your real estate empire!