This way I can be making solid money, growing my capital, receiving more bonuses, more experience, more knowledge, more connections.

It sounds like you have some great plans and a solid direction…enjoy the journey!

If you invest as a Limited Partner (passive), you can earn pretty solid returns, take advantage of bonus depreciation to offset active income from flipping or wholesaling, and ultimately when you get ready to move overseas it's very passive so you can easily continue to invest in that strategy without any major adjustments. 

If you can legitimately get $400/month with only leaving $5k in the deal, that is solid.

@Lee Lim Those cities have gone through solid appreciation in the last couple of years.

It’s a diamond in the rough when you can find a solid tenant for 6 years. 100% occupancy for 6 years is worth its weight in gold.

. This will be my first property so it would be nice to work in a solid buffer as far as cash flow goes to reduce the risk (or at least be compensated for the extra risk).

Solid example from Alyssa above!

We would have assisted you in avoiding a nightmare situation like this, by making sure you knew about the challenges and if you decided to still move forward, making sure there was a solid renovation plan in place to address them.Who's your property management company and why aren't they educating you on all this?

Depending on how familiar you are with construction this is a very solid way to go bigger.