So we bought a fixer, improved it, moved and instead of selling, we rented the last one out, and by this slower method we collected rental doors.  

My strategy  will focus on Buy and Holds in C to B neighborhoods using the BRRRR method. 

Please let me know what you did as I'm going to try and reach out to local govt regarding this stupidity.Actually, I just found this article:https://www.govdocs.com/employ...Don't do it....they look pretty good too because they stress labor law compliance etc and then I turned over my doc and saw the disclaimer that they're a non govt publisher of labor law employment posters.

I am hoping that getting employed in the real estate profession will only help me network and talk to more people that are doing what I want to do.The move to South Carolina will allow me to turn one home into two, take advantage of a lower cost of living and purchase more real estate since the average home price is approximately half of what it is here.

On longer term holds you could use the same capital and then refinance with bank debt once you've created enough value to payoff the higher cost debt.I used this method to BRRR (and some flips) my first several smaller mfam deals.All the best! 

I am newly self employed after leaving my w-2 job and benefits to flip houses and dive into multi family.

. :( However, I'm willing to expand into other states in order to start doing this method. 

My team and our individual IRAs would not be employed for the business. 

This will allow me to pursue my goal of hiking the AT from start to finish in 6 months.Year Long goal; to develop the means and methods to buy and manage real estate investments smartly, to find a duplex owned by a "tired" land lord in the Beavercreek and Springboro Ohio area that can be managed more effectively. 3 month goal; to line up a HELOC after interviewing multiple banks/CUs, to establish a well rounded networking group of experts and investors.  1 week goal; to look into different banks/ CUs per week and ask about their terms for HELOC.

I also feel most comfortable investing in markets that I know - mainly the East Bay area of the Bay Area and metro Boston.I've heard of the BRRR method being used almost exclusively on houses that are around $90-$120k.