So doing it this way shortened our learning curve and helped us scale a lot faster.

You are looking at about $250k-$275k for a piggy back 2 level Townhouse.Ray

Buying more real estate may increase your wealth faster, but at additional risk.

I do not think my market will have much of a decline, but just leveling off and making sellers more reasonable would be nice.

You’ve got the potential for a faster path, but will need coaching or a mentorJust like Monopoly, we can trade up using exchanges and minimizing taxation.  

Landlords can become tired and complacent over time...............one or more units stay unfilled for an extended period, or rents are left at existing levels due to laziness-it happens! 

In the entire building those board were the only ones that were not physically removed or chemically stripped.I do know that XRF will detect that lead and have been told that I should notify an inspector/risk assessor of that situation otherwise it will be assumed that the surface of those boards are painted with lead paint.It is notable too that in the year ~1990 I had a blood level of 8 ug/dl. 

This is usually leveled out by asking for higher deposit in the hopes that this will cover at least some repairs or missed rent payments. 

Go spend a year or two putting families in homes, focused 100% on that, and nothing else, not even having the mental capacity to ask unrelated questions (you're working 70 hours a week getting your super basic-level business just barely up and running, you don't have time for such nonsense).

BTW I buy SFRs.If you want to take your investing game to the next level.