These factors are combined to help find the best match for your search.

It appears to me that, in inflation adjusted dollars, your return will be the current monthly cash flow combined with the equity pay down (this increases with time).  

This could be through a combination of rental income and profits from businesses.

Is it rentals, syndication, lending, a combination of several different things? 

Do you think there will be competition or are you doing a different combination of price and terms (e.g. $150K and 2 week close vs $140K and 1 month close)?

Q2: The theory makes sense but practice and theory rarely go hand in hand. 

The judges will grant continuances if the tenant asks to get an attorney, which is rare. 

Combined with my own capital, a recipient of an SBA loan, other private funds, I was able to build out a full-service restaurant that I operated for 10 years.

Find a partner, seller financing, FHA loan, hard money, a combination of them, etc.

If you are unaware of what that is, it is essentially creating a plan where you invest a specific amount of money on a regular basis (month, quarter, whatever) in a stock, index fund, or combination of your choosing.