Quote from @Dennis Bragg: Hey Josh, thanks for jumping in with such a bold approach.. it’s not every day you see someone your age pushing for a luxury twist on a single family rental.

Live off of equity as you sell or live off cashflow.

Start here...have a solid lease with an Addendum of dealbreakers/rules that are written in plain everyday language. 

Your argument would suggest that if I bring home $2k/month in cash flow from a rental property in LA (where I live), that's a good deal, even though I probably had to put $2M cash into it initially.

Have a client that does sober living homes here in B/CS.

So now I get an email from RentRedi EVERY DAY that says "your payment method has failed".  

Again, large commitment of time, patience, and ability needed.The amateur of “semi pro” investor should realize that the professional investors (such as myself) spend ALL DAY EVERY DAY doing the above.  

You really should never leverage the home you live in.

So they will rent without buying even though buying is available to them but they dont want to live where its affordable.

I still watch them sometimes since every day, while eating lunch at work, I watch real estate-related videos on YouTube.