Alyssa - would you clarify what you meant by your second sentence?

My best friend whose father was a developer as well, refused to work with his dad and elected to go to college and became a lawyer.

It is meant to produce savings you can rely on in retirement.I recommend you focus on getting the best results for your IRA by placing your IRA in the most stable assets with the greatest potential for return and avoid gurus and their schemes.

Another reason, and correct me anybody if I am mistaken, is that perhaps while constructing comps the owners and agents factor in sales of properties which were bought not for their cash generation as-is but because of zoning considerations that meant these parcels could be developed into something larger at a later date, perhaps in combination with properties and lots nearby that are already owned or were bought separately in different ways.

If you can afford to pay more per month but elect a longer term to protect your money, that is smart. 

I meant to put crash coming soon instead of recession coming soon.

@Jalen Williams sorry I meant to link this here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/...They are held the first Monday of every month, same time, same location

If you elect S Corp tax status that just costs more, more complicated, and even less efficient if not “negative efficiency.”I don’t see how how this will work.

Not sure what your electrician meant about the GFI tripping if it gets overloaded.  

I'm attempting to use Quickbooks but it's not really meant for Real estate property rentals, and it's a subscription that's costing $25.00 per month.We own 2 small duplex's and have property managers running both for us.