Rates are higher for these and that can make it hard to achieve a 1.0 or great DSCR Ratio (your income needs to be $1 higher than your PITI+HOA costs).

People rarely achieve wealth quickly.

Hey Mitchell,Since your goal is to leave your 9-5 (achieving a certain amount of cash flow) then to reach that goal you can either have ~5 paid off rentals or ~20 leveraged rentals. 

You have to determine what your goals are and then attempt to achieve them.

(These averages represent state-level data, and individual cities may levy additional taxes.)To achieve the same level of cash flow as a property in Nevada, you would need to generate a higher cash flow in Texas to offset the higher operating costs.

I guess I'm looking for mentoring from someone who's track record and reputation line up with my values and what I want to achieve.

I’m very bullish on Passive Investing and creating multiple streams of income (mailbox money as some would say) and see this route as an effective way to achieve that. 

However, it does require solid expertise in digital marketing to achieve positive results.As for list pulling: you've got solid services like PropStream and Listsource to name a few

We’ve shown it several times, but no one seems to be really motivated.

If I HAD to pick one of your 3 options, I'd probably go with option 3 because it's likely the one that you can achieve the quickest... especially if you aren't concerned with cash flow.