You should be working on your long-term vision but right now you don't have any unique and valuable skills to achieve your vision, so you don't have the option to be specific about your path right now.See that this is the case, your path right now is to find any way you can gain experience in real estate and/or real estate investing.

Work harder today be smarter tomorrow, the coolest thing you'll realize when your older is how lil some people know and how valuable that makes all the things you studied and cared about while trying to become great.

There may come a time when the value of the land/lot the 'improvement' sits on becomes more valuable than the improvements themselves, but let's consider: where will you print these houses without having land to site it on?

We are currently in the research phase and I've been reading up on anything and everything I can get my hands on. but I feel like without some sort of direction or guidance that we are missing out on valuable resources and opportunities. 

@Ivan Chavez I second what @Derek Harris said, we need more info to give you any sort of valuable advice.

BUT, at least you have this valuable asset in Washington DC that you purchased with 3-5% down.  

And of course, you have another valuable time for learning REI business. 

Though my honor is more valuable to me than money so it makes it easy for me to make this claim with my family investors.  

Upgrades were simple but valuable.

Thanks for all of the valuable input that each of you gave.