It sounds like some of the most important components are tracking, having a goal and "reverse engineering" it to current date, house hacking sooner rather than later, networking, and self education.These are all great points and to elaborate on my current position to help provide more detail to the conversation, here are some points I would like to make regarding the above components.Tracking: I current track with an excel spreadsheet.

Creating wealth should only be one of the components of overall healthy living and NOT the main objective. 

Other than thatfollowing him blindly can be detrimental to your success

LOLTypically it's trash areas, professional tenants, and old buildings falling apart with outdated mechanical components and systems.  

I need this service to thrive as I can see it being a key component of my expansion strategy.

I need this service to thrive as I can see it being a key component of my expansion strategy.

Key components are sales (or revenue), operating expenses and non-operating expenses.

The plumber that actually fixed the leak also told me the repair job they did on the water has a bunch of unnecessary and expensive components in it.

@Logan M.Finding a real solution is going to be very difficult since it involves so many different variables and any possible solution is likely to have addition effects that come along with it that are detrimental.

The other component to this equation: I don’t see a real need to buy deformed property when there are so many that need cosmetic touches.