Is there such a thing or would it be better to learn the traditional ropes at the beginning and focus on such a client as I progress? 

Im still skeptical about my progress though. 

They said they would like to have a steady stream of income for the next 20-30 years without any of the management headaches.Issues- 2 of the properties still have mortgages on them @ 40K each the other 2 are free and clear.

K-State being a world renowned agriculture university, I will have a steady stream of college students I can rent to.

This planner comes with two satin ribbons to mark your progress.

I haven't started much but I'm interested in tracking your progress since I'm working down the path toward REI soon.

We’ve also been the lead story on several local news channels (in a metro area) for the past two days — luckily we’re starting to fall off the news cycle, but there were two trucks out front today taking, and later airing, some rather cruel and unflattering footage as we struggle to clean up the mess.This building previously had somewhat of a ”reputation,” but we have worked extremely hard for over a year to get that successfully turned around, but this is a huge setback and I’m feeling like all the progress we made on our reputation is ruined.

I'll be following your progress.

My goal is to make progress everyday.

So while I do think new supply is coming into the market, it seems to be at a steady trickle.So I tend to focus a bit more on demand, and for that, mainly population (raw numbers of bodies) and employment (number of people able to pay rent or a mortgage).