Even after that, I was too afraid to initiate any deals because I've convinced myself that I did not have the knowledge or experience to execute anything of substance.

Then you can pull out equity, sell and execute a 1031, or just hold them for the rental income. 

Uranium) the government can execute eminent domain on your property and we are also bound by land ownership limits since the end of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 (which was made to stop the wealthy hacendados abuse over the farmers) and gave place to the communal property known as Ejido (major obstacle in the development of suburban gated communities in my hometown)

My name is Howard Cabalfin.

@Jim Edward Walker The number is definitely achievable, It just depends on your plan and how you plan to execute it.

If you execute properly, you should be able to get a higher return than investing passively.

She will also be providing me financials.. but because we are doing Hard Money on this to execute the BRRRR strategy, knowing the ARV would be pretty important right?

I've recently retired from a fun, challenging executive position in a large corporation.

And if the offer is compelling enough, he would mentor me and allow me to shadow as he executes one of the several deals he’s doing currently.

Although all these are effective methods of generating good deals, it all comes down to execution.