I'm ready to get off the road and learn a new career, & I really want that to be real estate investing!

Down the road we would be looking to get into flips once we learn a bit more about the Pittsburgh market. 

They seemed to think that it could be next up and coming area years down they road. 

They rented out a whole local hotel to house incoming freshmen almost 4 miles down the road. 

It would be important to talk with the city or county about access, roads and who pays for the cost of the improvements, extensions and future maintenance you will need.  

Some of the projected numbers he threw out there have some validity to them; and some of them are going to be very difficult to attain.As soon as they are operational, they'll find that manufacturing modular boxes that that are well-constructed to go down the road at 65 mph and then be stacked to become a four-story structure, while maintaining quality, is an entire challenge, all on its own.One person, in a previous thread, stated that modular isn't well-built.  

That should help you if audited years down the road.

When saying that 50% of the monthly rent will go to expenses over time, does that also build in the cushion that should be set aside for major repairs down the road.

Whenever I run numbers I always include going rates for property management because I know down the road I do not want to be a property manager.

Thanks all for the feedback,When the day comes that I have built enough income to go to the banks to finance duplexes, I do want to go down that road.