It may take you roughly 10 properties to achieve the $5k a month after your monthly expenses of PM, taxes, insurance, mortgages, etc. 

Spend a bit of time working, selling things, downsizing, cancelling the pro memberships... whatever it takes to gather that initial investment - and then you'll be in a better to place to make those appointment, place offers and allow that money to work for you and making your hard work even more valuable.Anyone who tells you that this is "easy" or a "get rich quick" plan is probably just getting rich off of whatever they are selling you... but this IS worth the hard work and CAN lead to the great financial future you're trying to achieve.   

Expected profit 300k is that achieved in 6 months or 12 months time?

When it's been hard to achieve you only grudgingly put it at risk in any form. 

Same with leasing staff, you will not benefit from "drop in" leasing since you won't have someone manning a desk 100% of the time.Success is clearly achievable at with smaller unit counts. 

I think this is really unfortunate because it’s derailing a lot of would-be investors from achieving their ideal outcome.They get a taste of what they think real estate investing is, don't like it, and they quit.

If you are able to get $400 extra per month and you spent $30k then you have not only increased the value substantially but you have also achieved a 16% annualized rate of return on $30k.

It’s one thing to have the money or possessions off of an idea but in reality it’s who you become in order to achieve these heights.

I'm trying to meet some like-minded achievers.

You could place an offer, you don't need a pre-qual - in most cases, you should know the ARV before going for a house and how to achieve the ARV based on comps.So you should be doing the math beforehand.