For example they only buy land and build in land lord friendly states.Before they buy land to build on, they thoroughly analyze key market indicators such as population growth, occupancy rates, job growth, and even prioritize top school districts.

A client of mine recently invested there and raves aboutt the ease of finding solid contractors who stick to the budget.One piece of advice: before jumping into any market, spend time understanding the local economy, demand drivers (like job growth and population trends), and the landloard laws.

And I occasionally get one tenant complaining about their neighbor.

Eventually, I’d like to start using the cash flow to pay myself and work toward replacing my day job income.

They will do a slap dash job on a house that still has a bad roof and foundation in a neighborhood that will see zero appreciation. 

My job is flexible which I think would be important when trying to manage my first property so thats why .

I do relatively well in my day job by today's standards but my hourly rate for self managing is closer to that of a surgeon. 

The city is rapidly growing in terms of population and job market with so many major companies choosing to move and develop here like Intel, Google, Amazon, etc.

If you want cash flow, get a second/side job.

I stack cashflow for capex and repairs because I have a decent W2 job that I live off of.