Your website is great - incredibly helpful information there on this topic.

Our 2 most consistent producing marketing channels are PPC and direct mail, each generating about 2 deals per month. 

(I have some producing much much higher) Even some on market listings right now allow for 18-20% ROI. 

Reporting on Solo 401Ks is incredibly simple.

I can't imagine you'd be able to purchase a new property in that area that will produce any positive cash flow (unless you're paying cash, in which case I don't know what your COC return's would be).  

Also in the tab (learn) I would recommend reading both books in there, they provide incredible knowledge. 

Hi @Eric Moeller I think that mentors can be an incredible blessing to investors - I've been really lucky and have had some great ones myself.I definitely struggled to find some great mentors myself, however, and I think that my experience could perhaps be of value to you!

Some of the comments above are very against the idea, but in the Washington DC area where I live, they are incredibly common.

Decide what's most important to you: keeping your money safe (capital preservation), earning investment income each month, owning an asset that will be more valuable later even if it doesn't produce a lot of return right now, risking depreciation and vacancy in exchange for potentially bigger profit margins?

The federal government should have very little involvement in how I manage my income producing asset.