In that time I traveled to some of the largest cities in the Midwest.

In Detroit Michigan we are surrounded by the Great Lakes which make up one of the largest sources of (unfrozen above ground)  Fresh water. 

Eisenhower (or someone from that era) called Taiwan the worlds largest aircraft carrier. 

But the real deal was the Graton tribe bought the 230 acres across from us in a land assemblage took 15 years wrangling with the state and ended up building the largest Casino in Northern Ca right across the street from us  :)  and the City brought us into the city limits and up zoned us.. 

Your statement also lays out the largest employment sectors and employee earnings.

REI Nation has grown into one of the largest family-owned property management companies in the U.S.

Doing the work myself does not accomplish that, it is not a good return on my hours, it is not where my largest passion is when it comes to RE, and it does not scale to where I currently am and certainly not to where I want to get to.Think about the above comments. 

Just throw the words 'Connected Investors Largest REI Scam' into your Google search bar, and the first result you will find lists several BP forums.

I’m 23, so my largest drawback is my savings level, but I make a nice income and can stack away enough to self-fund a nice sized deal in about 6 months if I couldn’t find funding.

I have worked for one of the largest banks in the US and am currently working at a small community bank.