The same amount of work would be involved for a deal 3x as large, focusing on larger deals.Bad tenants will cost you 100's of thousands of dollars.Business associates make better friends than friends make as business associates.

Wholesaling can be an excellent entry point, and building a 500+ door business is an exciting vision for long-term success.

My background is custom residential, everything from large single family residences to more compact 2-4 unit projects. 50/50 mix between end-user projects and spec homes.

This will work no matter what, but you can get there faster if you can generate equity through remodel, take advantage of market shifts or buy at a discount (next to impossible at the moment due to tight inventory, but that may come back).The other component most new investors underestimate is you have to become an excellent operator.

A lot of the numbers Deal Machine came up with were different and even some home owner names.I have a large list to skip and was trying to avoid spending a couple thousand with Batch, but don't want to waster me time calling bum numbers from Deal Machine.Any thought?

Only manage high luxury properties, they've done an excellent job with some Oregon Coast STR's. 

-Spend enough to build a great website. 

Also, zoning for village-style in  town development seems rare and difficult, in favor of large hotel and apartment projects.

I don't want to provide a link as it will be seen as self-promotion and taken down, but if you google my The Gifford group, or divorce buyout calculator, our website or YouTube should pop up. 

It's a good way to go bankrupt and have a really large tax bill.