A very successful real estate developer I know talks about identifying "barbell" areas.

If I were you, I would focus on developing a business relationship with a broker. 

It's good to hear that you're developing a strategy based on the things you're learning here on the forums.

We were real estate developers there, and still own a home there.

Any rental guarantee should be offered directly by the developer/builder or as a separate third-party policy NOT tied to the tenant, but rather tied to the property (as we do it).

If you build up a reputation as a Great Real Estate CPA, and that you invest too you'll probably get clients that want to do JV's with you!

I realize retirement is a long way off for you, but they say it's easier to get there if you know where you want to go, so start by forming a business plan, short-term, long-term, maybe develop goals by age 30, 50, etc.

My current methods which consist of pre-negotiated short sales prior to hitting MLS are not able to meet the demands of my investors I'm simply not able to produce enough properties on a monthly basis.I stumbled upon these forums in my search - I learned about wholesaling (which I am totally unfamiliar with I might add) in hopes of learning another way / developing a new strategy in which to achieve this.

Too many to name, but that's maybe because I'm in the remodeling/developing business.

Over the past year, I've focused much of my time on personal growth and development, pretty much reading everything I can get my hands on :).