I have real estate brokers who get angry when I tell them that I can look up more information than they have access to and can even do it faster. you have to watch the tutorial videos to see what this website can do. 

This will allow me to save 70% of my income (already saving 20 and 50 goes to rent) and then I’ll be able to start picking up more and more rental property and a faster and faster rate!

As with discussions on using property managers, you need to plan a higher vacancy rate as they make the same whether you miss a month or not so a self managing owner has a much higher desire to fill vacancies faster.

I can’t decide if I should do a flip to grow my money faster, brrrr(I’m not really a handy man so both of those methods are intimidating) buy a duplex that just needs a little bit of work and save for the next property? 

If rent goes to zero for 12 months, I would still be responsible for -Water bills in buildings that aren't separately metered -All repairs; roof, furnace, water heaters, appliances -Landscaping and other services-Fuel to and from properties -Equipment maintenance-Taxes and insurance for properties that aren't mortgaged -Any legal fees -Property management software feesAm I looking at this wrong?

There are a lot of cash buyers out there, and as a seller myself, cash offers, but mainly the lack of financing contingency, a faster close, and typically no inspections, means they win the deals.This is where going after stale listings can help. 

I understand the combination of using leverage and acquiring more properties would help me increase my net worth faster, but I want to see it on paper!

had a few extra things that needed rehabbed and learned to get on problems faster to rehab the property faster.

In the last few years in the Richmond area the price growth for SFR has been increasing faster than the rental growth with lack of supply and low interest rates being major factors.  

They’ll respect you because they respect their relationship with the agent/manager.That said, paying someone might get you your numbers faster.