But I have to believe he has much bigger fish to fry than to try to mess with a one off borrower .. 

Do NOT rely on them to do it for you...you'll only be disappointed   And then U have hunting season  out our way other than the hispanic or Russian subs all of our subs HUNT and fish / crab .and when hunting season especially elk is so short  they ALL take off at the same time.. so your job comes to a screaming halt.

Those who couldn’t keep up with the Blackstone’s and the American Homes for Rent, etc, so while the big guys had rigid guidelines to go by, the small to mediums had to broaden their criteria.To the smaller guys, we actually created a sales letter presenting ourselves as a boutique wholesaling group that would take their criteria and them off market properties that met their requirements.While we got multiple funds that we ended doing business with, we found one group in particular that jumped on our offer.Of the 360+/- deals we did annually, We ended up doing over 300 to the one fund who began putting in monthly orders each time a train h of funds came in.While we didn’t make huge spreads, we made up for that in volume.If you would like to see our sales letter, feel free to message me.

I think everything after the house hack is potentially TBD as, hopefully, you'll keep learning about real estate and broaden your mind and horizons so you can determine what area of real estate excites and draws you.

You are a Super Fish Rescuer! 

I'd like to increase cash flow and net worth again and I'd like to start a subdivision project (possibly a syndication) as well, using the lots to fish for builders for my Realty team.  

There is a lot of wisdom in this statement.I tend to be the fisherman that catches enough fish for the day and has time to enjoy the day than the one buying boats and hiring other fishermen(women)(people) [you get the idea :)] and have to worry about keeping enough fish coming in to pay for the boats and the people.Catch what you need.

For me, running ads on FB is like trawling the whole ocean for just 2 or 3 kinds of fish. 

It's a lot easier to fish in a pond vs. the ocean.

Which we do, but we are counting it as every call we make and every house we research is another chance to learn more.)So that is the dilemma, and until we find a better method for such a low cost as well, then we will keep trudging through the "Number you called is no longer in service"s and the "I don't know what property that is you are talking about but it ain't mine"s until we hit gold.We are also going to purchase ~50 bandit signs to place around winchester in hopes that we get some calls with interest in selling their house, as opposed to trying to shoot fish in a barrel blindfolded as we are right now.Thank you for reading, hopefully this perspective provided some value to some who are also considering the cheapest way of getting into REI, and if you have any tips or tricks I'm all ears.