As it relates to your post, you may discover that you enjoy employing multiple techniques to reach your objectives.

"means") that I can exploit to achieve my objective which is a lifestyle of my choosing (i.e.

Once you have goals for your investment, the best one would be the investment that fulfills the most objectives of our goal.

I've learned a great lesson.....I need to have more than one objective inspection, talk to more agents and customers of the particular company I am going to do business with, and I need to clearly see what the city requirements are for rental properties before I go forward with my next investment.

You also want them to feel like they are in control while guiding them to your objectives.

, but with so many knowledgeable people here, surely someone has come across this unique type of investment!

There is always the next shiny object syndrome, the grass is greaner on the other side, hot markets, huge competition, too many options and so much more. 

If organizations are smart -- they'll evaluate key roles and determine where this person needs to be objectively, and then let the candidate of choice decide, a perk that they could offer over other organizations.

History is replete with stories of heros setting out to search for nearly unattainable objects that will grant the finder with great reward.

is mnpls that expensive or was this a unique deal?