.-  W2 income is a necessity until you get a consistent portfolio of properties producing gains.-  Also diversify your debt with multiple sources.  

It seems to have a healthy growing economy but also offers plenty of lifestyle opportunities.

For starter agents Keller has a great training program  once you get trained then you can move to less expensive options.. but a good start is to get on a Keller team.My wife and I are with Soldera and they are a great boutique firm with high dollar producers not really a starter office...

(For some reason, Texas seems to produce more than their share of these "wholesalers" too.)  

Probably not a very useful metric IMO, especially since I am aware of one very active user who has stated that you will never see a vote produced from their account, and I am aware of others who have  only given votes on rare occasions but have contributed lots of posts. 

Not surprisingly through this process I needed up with one of the top producers in the area.

. #2 - offer your service to a top producer.

Instead of going to war over producing permit docs and/or walking from the deal maybe you could suggest they produce the permit or pay for a qualified inspection which could then be provided to the building department for proper documentation.

Would also point out that a park of this size has substantial infrastructure so if you're that short on a down I would hope it doesn't mean you also aren't setting aside a healthy reserve.

It produces income solely as a result of the efforts of you and your employees.