In all honesty, that's a tall order with the exception of some strategic hard money lending or completing a couple solid flips per year, but that is active income.

@Richard Hadley, @Will FraserInfinite Banking has to do the strategic accumulation of capital using dividend-paying whole life insurance as the platform.

I suppose my question should be refined as 1) In general (yes, I know and have read how location is everything in RE but IF there are any overarching trends), is it a strategic or common practice to buy properties right outside gentrification efforts (based on the assumption that revitalization will spread and prices will later rise)?

It wasn't strategic, but I found myself accommodating their needs. 

In the next 10 years I will strategically grow my real business to control over $250 million and earn $100,000 a month in passive income.

It seems we are reaching a cap on rents, there is no way I can raise rents $200 to offset tax increase.I am starting to strategically sell of some of my portfolio and move the money into syndicated deals in better cash flow markets.

Obviously conventional financing is the "cheapest" but, I am concern that strategically it is not the best option. 

What about the California Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan to require all new residential construction to be zero net energy by 2020?

I help a lot of people strategically position themselves to take action on their real estate investing goals.

One house can do this if you are strategic about it.