I've considered dropping everything that I'm doing and starting fresh in a new job that will help me learn more.

However the buildable area will likely not include the easement area.

If you are willing to hack, those might be much more lucrative than STR, but also probably more work.

@Peng Gong Welcome to BP.there are plenty of people here willing and able to help you learn.

If there are 10 investors, you best believe some of them, if not, all of them will be on top of it to make sure that all the money put together is working for everyone.Once you do that, you will be open up to more opportunities that you might end up buying the properties yourself.

In terms of your next property, while no-money-down deals are possible, they're rare, so focusing on building up some cash reserves will help.

I have a buy box, but will keep all that offline in case there are people here who are open to talking with me more about this!

I'm currently working on scaling up quickly through purchasing large SFR portfolios and/or apartments, and I've spoken to a few sellers willing to carry back a seller 2nd note of 20-30% (i.e. the down payment).

The firm's fee will probably eat 1/4 to 1/3 of your savings.

Most likely, this will be deductible as "start-up costs" once you actually start your business.