While my goal is to attempt to work with the borrower whenever possible to produce a win-win outcome (they stay in the home and begin repaying, and I earn a tidy profit for them doing so), in reality this only occurs for around 1/3rd of the deals I do.

Although I have completed college courses and earned my MBA my income is mediocre .

  ;)Capital gains refer to assets held for a sufficient duration to earn favorable tax treatment.    

I also forgot to mention that as a high earning Mechanical Engineer at Apple, you'll be able to write down the mortgage interest expense on your properties if you get a loan rather than buy all cash. 

He has never earned anything on his own just taken from other people.STAY AWAY from him. 

Resale of the education is only a bonus to earn cash for investing in RE; an option, not a necessity.  

Great ways to earn money at ordinary income tax rates, but you have to continue seeking deals and working over and over.  

I'm ready to leave the rough life of working my tail off in a very VERY DANGEROUS work environment making someone else rich to working my tail off to earn my financial freedom and mass wealth in the world of real estate!

You would be generating some earned income.The same can be true of real estate.

Who typically earns interest on your money with this strategy?