Content Marketing: Produce valuable content such as blog posts, market reports, or video tours to establish yourself as a thought leader in the industry.

.- Long term:  "I will have more than or about 5-10 cashflow producing assets making me 5-10k a month in profit. 

That is the best track for agents who are veterans because you will understand more about buying when deployed and the transient nature of ownership if you are still in so this is smart.

Bakersfield is also massive with nothing naturally stopping outward sprawl.

-------------I'll keep soaking up the content he produces, and also look into other sources to learn more about subto and how to set up seller financing that have been recommended by users on these forums.

We can “split hairs” on this topic, but let’s just accept that our different experiences have produced a somewhat differing view.  

(b) A person selling or offering to sell an option or assigning or offering to assign an interest in a contract to purchase real property without disclosing the nature of that interest as provided by Subsection (a)(2) [to a potential buyer] is engaging in real estate brokerage.

I'm in Ohio - it can seem boring sometimes but I look at it like a base, the weather can be bipolar in the winter and spring but no natural disasters happen here that don't let me sleep like a dog at night, I travel south a lot too during the winter months here.

I guess when something has become second nature, it's easy to forget how valuable it is!

Not having to work in this example means having the 15 rentals producing enough cash flow to pay all their costs, including all 14 old mortgages and the 15th (new) mortgage that is refinanced each year.