From my experience, the reps at section 8 truly want to find suitable housing for their voucher holders hence I would be very suprised if they lowered the rent beyond the current rate.

My objective is to get enough passive income to eventually focus on investing and building myself as a business as my job/career instead of working for other people or companies.

Neither scenario is a suitable environment for investment. 

I spent my W2 career running local governments and it is hard to explain to a lot of people who see the government as their be-all, end-all conduit to equity and fairness that much of what you might try to enact under the guise of good intentions actually comes back to bite the very people it's supposed to help.

These are usually hungry real estate agents usually only a few years into their career and a good handyman or two.

@Melvin Mickens they are two completely different career paths.

I just signed a consultancy agreement with a data center developer who is currently looking to purchase property suitable for data center development within the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The 3rd is beginning her nursing career so her stuff is solid.On a personal note, I had to put myself through college with no help from anyone but always worked hard and paid my way.

I did auctions for a part of my 10 year career when I thought flipping homes or doing condo conversions were the way to go. then I got into ground up construction and national construction and ground up is the way to go.

"I want to invest in real estate and earn $6,000 a month net cash flow by 2035 so I can quit my job and spend more time pursuing a career in hip-hop street dance."