I like to have my own place that'll appreciate and can be a retirement vehicle.

I do have other investment vehicles such as a Roth IRA, brokerage, etc. 

Gratitude is the vehicle that will push us through the highs and lows of wealth, mental, physical, and spiritual growth.

I, like many of you, have become enamored by the idea of using real estate as a vehicle for building wealth.

Even a cheap vehicle costs a few hundred to transfer.In my state/area it costs $6k to transfer and record the deed of a $400k property, not including title search or title fees or title insurance.Much less costly if your seller to leave the grantee blank on the deed for you then plug in your 'end buyer' when you resell it if it's a quick turn.  

Regardless of any other aspects (I know difficult to do). Solely looking at Cash on Cash return. What real estate method would you say has the highest YEARLY ROI? My research tells me short term vacation and/or flippi...

That your vehicle needs maintenance along the way to keep performing well… that your taxes will increase about a year after you buy your new investment vehicle, etc.  

Walmart is building a meat distribution center and Panasonic just broke ground on an electric vehicle battery plant.

For example, a PropCo (Asset Company vehicle which owns the property and the debt), and an OpCo (operating company, which operates and manages the property)?

I reeeally want to get back to the point where I'm maxing out my investment vehicles I have with my advisor but also really want to continue contributing to improving this duplex because it's old and still needs a fair amount of work.