You live in one room, rent out the others, and pay your expenses with the income.

Organic will always be 2 to 3 times higher.  .    

How critical was the lender’s turnaround time (e.g., 60 days vs. 90+ days) in your decision?

My first reaction to your post is if you're purchasing assets that are throwing off positive cash but your DTI is going up then it may be time to re-evaluate the type of assets or the expenses associated with those assets.  2.

I also report every one of them to https://www.donotcall.gov/report.html#step1.

If you’re lucky, you will find one that has a lot of Realtor/investors to learn from.Ask around and good luck!

If you told them one thing then honor it.

Then continue to scale - don't try and retire off one deal

Not one comment about not having a Keurig.Smaller places, absolutely they work great!

The one who thinks that they are masters of the universe in EVERY area of life, has 30 different businesses, claims to be fit as a fiddle, with a life in perfect harmony, shows off huge toys, has 30 different businesses, including selling their time by the hour to provide coaching... this person is not running a real estate syndication business.