In Columbus, you can still find the 1% rule and there's amazing appreciation potential due to how much population growth, job growth, and companies moving/developing there (recently Anduril just announced another 4,000 jobs coming to Columbus Ohio on top of Intel, Google, Amazon, FB, Nationwide, Ohio State University, etc.).

My brother-in-law, who owns a landscaping company in Lee’s Summit, works with a lot of local builders and has been a huge help.

@Jeff Nash would be a great resource to speak with on companies/investments to offset your W2.

I know of one syndication company (not multifamily) that the founder was a pilot, and from what I have heard, a lot of the early investors were airline captains the founder flew with.

You have to make sure that whatever company you choose will maximize your profits. 

For those that own property management companies can you give me any insight on what starting one up would look like and your honest opinions of the property management business these days.

What if it is 90% occupied with employees of one company.   

For example, we've recently taken over marketing internally because the property management company was not experienced enough in using the newer advertising methods we need to pursue.

Typically corporate/bank owned homes are managed by an asset management company.

In our experience, the #1 mistake landlords make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.