As a rookie reading some of Brandon’s books, one piece of advice is to not have the tenant get used to you knocking on their door for rent which definitely is something I’d want to avoid as well.

In order to make money from your DM campaign you'll need to send out hundreds or even thousands of marketing pieces a month; building a list this size on your own would be pretty labor heavy.

Do you personally property manage it all or do have a property manager dealing with all these leases and moving pieces?

Because, house hacking is comparatively simple and beginner-friendly (and therefore has the highest likelihood of success), but strategies like BRRR'ing, flipping, wholesaling, etc. are far more complicated, and have a far higher chance of failure because they involve so many "moving pieces".I always use this analogy: would you tell a beginner skier who has zero experience to ski a double black diamond (the most advanced terrain) for their first run?

I also own a DeWalt six piece set.

That POS Realtor was long gone and made their $10k in commission.....but we were stuck with picking up all the pieces - finishing their job - and having to coach an owner into reality.  2) The average Realtor has no idea how rental property pricing works, what attracts tenants, how to screen tenants, and how to sell investment properties. 

Or, to use the KFC analogy, why is Ether worth an extra piece of chicken in that KFC bucket today but not yesterday?  

I ask because working with conventional lending will be a very key piece to scaling a portfolio. 

You might want to start by interviewing several lenders in your area- find one that is creative and open to ideas and who can help you set the pieces in place to get an approval on your next purchase.

Love the mindset, a piece of the pie, via partnering.