Hi Maura,Welcome to BP...Put thoughts into small actionable steps and your goals will start to be achieved one by one.

only you can figure that out for yourself.So, I'd say there are 5 ways:leveragetax advantages 'buying at the right price based on skilled, sound analysis'rehabbing/identifying 'best use'deal-making(wholesaling, bird dogging, note buying/selling)Some of these can be achieved passively:leverage + tax advantagesBut even those require the work up front to at least identify, analyze and purchase - and set up managementAnd of course: being your own PM, rehabbing project management(or hammer swinging), and all the deal-making options take constant investment of time.Deal-making is a non-starter for me, I can trade hours for dollars at a high rate in my regular business.Buying at the right price is not a skill I believe I have, I could learn it, and I read here a lot, but I am consistently surprised by how many things the experienced people on here point out that I would have missed or have never thought of.So that leaves me seeking leverage and tax advantages but frozen from buying due to my fear of becoming a 'learning example for ohters' by overpaying.So, like you, I suspect, I focus my efforts on my 'other business' and I keep my capital in the stock market.

Similarly each unit key can open the common external door when present.Lay out what you want to achieve - now and as you grow - in a spreadsheet or document and pay a visit to a locksmith to help you fill in the details and to rekey your buildings.  

Lots of luck in achieving your goals, I'm sure we'll see you around the forums a lot!

If your properties are generating 10% cash-on-cash returns, then you should expect to have invested about $192,000 to achieve that level of cash flow (10% of $192,000 is $19,200).

My Goal is to buy 5 properties and have them paid off in 30 years (Very mediocre but easily achievable for me).

Well, it is usually not the Seller, who has a minimal number in order to sell and it is not the Buyer who has a maximum number in order to achieve return.

. ~$100K yearly is an achievable target for the combination of positions based on our research.

Perhaps you want to flip - then buy and hold , then flip a new one and buy and hold again - really it all depends on what you are trying to achieve.

The response rate you achieved is impressive.