It may not be total pivot from your current occupation but you could be self employed.

I assumed this question was for self-employed full time investors who have no other form of income outside their rental income.

They'd be able to give a lot more personalized advice versus what you might find on public forums such as these.That being said, there's a variety of strategies you might be able to employ.

What's their job and employment history?

And ideally, I am perfectly ok with managing the properties on the side of my w-2 job with my brother, but my goal is to get enough cash flow for myself and my brother to be self employed, and hire property management and any needed employees to reduce our workload as quickly as possible, so we can continue to expand into other investments.

This is relatively rare to find.And with these types of sponsors I personally employ a vintage year strategy which is similar to dollar cost averaging in the stock market.

American children and students are taught how to develop themselves to be desirable to an employer, how to pay into the system and work full time or double time to until they either drop dead or live long enough to "retire."  

My name is Shrijan Neupane, and I am an employed nine-by-fiver determined to get into real estate investment.

The asking rent growth rate of the metro's eight underlying submarkets over the past 12 months has been mixed, with cumulative change rates ranging from 1.9% (San Gabriel Valley) to -3.0% (South Bay).Competitive Inventory, Employment, AbsorptionTotal employment in the Los Angeles metropolitan area increased by 14,200 jobs during the first quarter, representing a growth rate of 0.3%, while industrial employment contracted by 2,043.

You have never seen it, and do not understand that tax returns reveal all, and the credit report it just one of many ways debt is uncovered and a LLC is simply a vehicle for a business just like any other self employed business.