One area I'd love more info on is how to manage general contractors remotely. 

I'd say the question is better suited for your financial advisor, who can determine the best use of the money.

If I had to do it all over again, I'd buy a primary residence with 3-5% down, maybe house hack, then buy a new primary every time I've saved up enough for a new down payment leaving the former primary as a rental.There's no telling when interest rates will come down.

Don't have the cash or equity at this point to do the cashout refi, otherwise that's the route I'd prefer to go. 

Hey Guys, Thought I'd weigh in - the Rule of thumb for Self-Storage Expenses is 30-35%.  

The sales volume and quick turnover suggest that 28303 is highly attractive for investments in smaller homes catering to young professionals or small families.Zip Code 28304: Although there's significant appreciation in larger homes, 3-bedroom houses here saw a notable 30.1% price increase, and the average days on the market dropped from 50 to 17 days.

Had I hired that Builder or someone else to build it 4 years ago I'd have save 62% as well as a huge amount of time being the GC.So, this build isn't just 30% more than that duplex I mentioned. 

Although I don’t know how the deals with Cardone are structured .Best of luck

Unless you are sure you can replace your income with real estate, I'd be reluctant to quit your day job.

I'd be up for the challenge of a little fixing up, even furnishing and making it a medium term rental.