Using loans also allows you to scale up quickly and get the mortgage interest tax deduction.

Because many of your expenses will scale in price based on that value.

As for the job market there is Fairbanks Scales, The Weidman factory, and the hospital for big employers.

They're not (usually) young folks in their 20s, and the larger scale investors tend to be older.

My goal is to scale up to that level, I'm sure that your free time is in short supply but if anything opens up for you I'd love to have the chance to touch base again to see how our business can potentially overlap in the future.

Like multiple job moves, a growing industry for which that area is the hub, or numerous large-scale businesses building in that area. 

The idea is about scale is right, I think you're just seeing some hesitation from the forum b/c these types of rehabs carry significant risk and are not suited to the everyday Joe. 

The primary cost here is just going to have the contractor come out and the small scale of the project.

We use the US Census to provide information on our grading scale.

So yes I am managing "minions" but it is a bit larger scale than a SFH or a small scale project.