Curious If cash flow can count towards your income in order to more easily buy another property.

If you were to merge those databases on say... email address, and then, toss in a third point of reference like state voter records which are publicly available, you could easily start your own lead company. 

I’m no financial professional, but accounting for rentals isn’t terribly complicated and can be DIYed pretty easily and cheaply!

You can easily move your money into a self directed IRA in order to avoid the penalties.

@Michael StreetYou will get disbelief from this audience because most successful REI's make stock market returns look like a savings account. 30% will happen easily here (often with leverage).

You can rent a 3BR/1BA 1500SF plus for $1800 pretty easily.  

This amount of building can easily be accommodated on 3 or 4 floors, therefore, the building can be a Type V construction which means that the first floor has to be constructed in concrete and the residential floors above in wood.

I guess I have just debated as to whether I was actually doing something immoral or just making excuses to try to quit when something got hard, because I take a lot of pride in not quitting things easily but I really do feel that this is not the niche for me.

In contrast, I can relatively easily find SFHs that will rent for >1.5% of purchase price.

With the tech that's out there though, continuing to manage your properties on your own should be doable, and honestly, if you start using the right tools, you should be able to keep your 10% and easily manage your properties on your own.