I know that as long as I continue to trust and appreciate the process then I will be rewarded for my effort and consistency.

Provide something of value that will attract the investors to you and stay consistent with it. 

The new material consists of a rubber or plastic membrane which prevents water from being wicked up by the block.

Being new to this and seeing a consistent avg. price per sq ft at around $100 and rents an average $1.30 per sq ft a month, am i missing something?

Yes of course, but it's harder to access and having consistent monthly cash flow is the way to go.

Keep in mind that should you find a way to turn this into a multifamily consisting of manufactured homes on a single parcel, you just disqualified any potential buyers from being able to get a good Fannie-subsidized 30YF on it. 

On those projects I typically gross $4000 per month which isn’t great but it’s consistent income.

I think that'll give you a solid idea of where to start.If it's to start acquiring a few local properties, I'd start with building a team, consisting of a Realtor, Property Manager, CPA, Attorney, Contractor, Insurance Broker and Lender.

(San Antonio is projected to grow consistently over next 10 years)Keep in mind my perspective is from a residential real estate view.

I will say the returns in real estate tend to be better, but if you mess up the negative returns are also greater.Stock market is pretty consistent.