I think a better option is to get a job in property management.

We are trying to cut costs on the ones we are doing now, but still trying to keep the quality high. 

The Contractor is wrongly blamed for job over-runs when it is usually the clients fault.

The real actual job is still the contractor analysis. 

His roadmap for retirement is $500k liquid assets, paid off primary home, and more than 1 income source (real estate, part time job, social security if old enough, etc.).

This is not as passive as other investing but it will help launch your portfolio so that you can continue to invest without needing to work additional jobs.

We have a good sized portfolio and i left my corporate job in 2021. 

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

My ultimate goal is to become successful with my real estate investments so I don’t have to rely so much on my job and be able to spend more time at home with my soon to be wife and future children.

I am currently 21 years old and was recently hired with my dream job in Sarasota County (I saw that Sarasota wasn’t an option so I picked the closest.)