But almost every day here, I see things that, morally, turn my stomach being passed off as good business in real estate, or at least, in running rentals.

I learned to put a memorandum on the home at the sheriffs office as a "lien" to further secure my deal.Doing my research and communication with everyone from the court, bank, attorneys, etc.on a constant basis ensured that nothing was delayed or missed.I learned about abatements and how to get to the next level when I had a uncooperative code enforcement office.

I paid $250K plus 30K capital improvement so 280K tax basis.

@Champ Leong lol back in the day when I was such a newbie 😂 (still learning every day!!)

Then start small preferably in your own back yard ... and do something every day to further achieve your goal.

I suspect that your new renters may discovered that you are available on a round the clock basis to take care of any small issue as soon as it comes up or occurs which has potentially become an annoyance due to frequency .

In saying that, I should clarify that I don't actually want to quit my job as I enjoy working and especially my line of work, but that I want to make the amount of money that equates to that feeling of "freedom" where I am getting up for work every day because I WANT to and not because I HAVE to.

On the basis that the deed may get rejected? 

., more than half of the calendar year) for the Borrower's personal use and enjoyment·The Borrower may rent the property on a short-term basis provided that the property is not subject to any rental pools or agreements that require the Borrower to rent the property, give a management company or entity control over the occupancy of the property, or involve revenue sharing between any owners and the developer or another party·The Mortgaged Premises must be in such a location to function reasonably as a second home·The second home must be suitable for year-round occupancy with the following exception: a second home with seasonal limitations on year-round occupancy (e.g., lack of winter accessibility) is eligible provided the appraiser includes at least one comparable sale with similar seasonal limitations to demonstrate the marketability of the subject property.

The first two are very much a day job, whereas buy and hold is a mostly passive investment.When you do BRRRR, you're essentially doing fix and flip, you just keep it instead of selling it.Another question for you is "how involved do you want to be on a day to day basis?