I don’t mean to be a downer, but in my opinion, for every 1 person who is able to scale that quickly and keep it sustainable, there are 99 investors who aren’t.

My background is in architecture, sustainable design, and large multi-family management.

I'm not so poor off that I cannot sustain a small hit but I am afraid of somehow getting a house I cannot sell or rent out and losing money month after month until having to default.What should I do?

Unfortunately, between work, school and sustaining our lives, we haven't been able to invest in a mentor.

I need a resource (competent authority) that can analyze the properties, rents, loans, and whatever else... and make recommendations to do (whatever it takes) to generate retirement sustaining cash flow.How do I find this professional?

We can't sustain this lifestyle forever, but it is helping us get ahead and pay off our debts.

In my opinion, depending on your ambitions, once you have some seed capital, using the Brrrr method is a self sustaining method of acquiring assets.

Average fair market rents increased in 2017 in 86 percent of the markets we analyzed even while average wage growth outpaced rent growth in 67 percent of markets – a recipe for sustainable growth in the rental market."

@David McClainLike @J Scott said, you have to figure out your priorities.Flip= more cash on handBRRR= more sustained incomeFlips over time= make more money doing more work fasterBRRRs over time = make less money doing less work slowerIf you want to continue to flip houses, you can potentially make more money, but you're also taking more risk, and putting in much more work. 

Is it likely that the tenant (the business) receives sustained support from economic development groups or VC investors, etc.