Outsource the real estate part of it because mastering real estate will take you just as long as it took you to master the stock market and then you might lose your edge in the stock market.

But it got me thinking that I could maybe just do this on my own and not have to pay $3500 for someone else to do it, so I was talking to a buddy of mine who is a master of credit card "hacks", and he helped me get some ideas to proceed.  

I grew up in Mahomet and did my Bachelors/Masters in Champaign, IL and plan to be here long term.

Set up separate company to "master" lease hard to lease rental units2.

The investment strategy is great, now go master how it works in just one state! 

I shoot for 30% to 40% (cash flow plus equity growth) and am trying to push that up to 100% (or infinite) like the master, @Joe Villeneuve who would buy that house for 20K, put 15K into it, have it appraise at 50 and refi out his entire 35K investment so that he has no money left in, cash flows, and has his cash back to do the next deal.

Hi, I am working on a deal to manage 6 apartment units. I am renovating and updating them to get them up to market value. We just started the process of creating an LLC so we can can track finances and submit for tax ...

I've been to a few master classes, spent money with no real return, and I'm ready for something real. 

In addition, the master-planned community (The Tapestry) will bring more reason for families to move in since there will be multiple schools as well. 

E.g. a 4BR/2.5BA LTR estimate might be $2600/mo but using rent-by-room one could get $1800 (Master Bedroom) + $1000 (BR2) + $1000 (BR3) + $900 (BR4) = $4700/mo.