Failed putting the cash into another property via a 1031 (bidding against insanely rich people offering all cash is incredibly annoying).

Team member agents get to eat at my table, and with that gain the knowledge and experience via osmosis and training sessions, gaining their own expertise in time, and for myself I gain time leverage power, the ability to service more clients than I could alone as a factor of 1.  

I'd say that if becoming financially able to purchase rental property via wholesaling is your goal, go for it.

(I would include understanding the floodway & floodplain boundaries in here as well).2.

We certainly do them for our investors who 1031 into our syndications via TIC’s.

We've been exploring the idea of acquiring a property with access to the water, with the goal of being able to access Tampa Bay via boat.

It's those maniacs that buy homes cash via quit claim deed off of craigslist that really get screwed.Make sure your property manager is a licensed real estate brokerage.Google Clayton Morris and/or Morris Invest for a cautionary tale of what not to do when buying turnkey real estateUnderstand you can not eliminate all risk, only mitigate it.

Major gains are made via compounding appreciation.

It's those maniacs that buy homes cash via quit claim deed off of craigslist that really get screwed.Make sure your property manager is a licensed real estate brokerage.Google Clayton Morris and/or Morris Invest for a cautionary tale of what not to do when buying turnkey real estateUnderstand you can not eliminate all risk, only mitigate it.

If you buy mostly off-market you'll get zero commission, so a major factor for you will be if you plan to shop mostly via the MLS (which can be a good strategy especially for SFH where the data tends to be better quality).