You could, for instance, buy a rental property and employ property management firm to take care of it, but you can't work for your company in any capacity and get paid for it.

Once you feel you've built a strong team with your first property and have solid systems in place, I would then start buying more aggressively and taking on bigger projects.I suggest reading this BP article on the core 4.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-team

I kick myself for not buying back then. 

Which county/areas/cities in/near phoenix should I buy an investment property in?

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Three Oaks.

How do you guys maintain your credit when you’re buying so many properties every month?

Whenever I take my spouse to one of these 2000 SF houses, I can see money and potential, but he doesn't want me to buy.

There is very low crime, no drug problems, everyone under the sun wants to buy a house here.

I would suggest you visit any city you are considering buying investment property.

I nor my RE agent was made aware of these conversations during the buying process.