You'll get opinions all over the spectrum on exactly where the balance is between paying down debt and using cash to invest, but in my experience, when someone uses words like "horrendous" and "crushing" to describe their debt, the one and only priority should be paying it off as fast as possible.I think it's a mistake to overly focus on increasing income. 

Fast forward to today - our detached two car garage has almost been finished into a permitted, quite awesome, ADU - 1 bed/1 bath.

Buying a rental is a fast process in June 2018 so be sure to talk to a lender and pre-approved so you can submit offers quickly when viewing them!

My goal is to grow fast and create more passive income.

Fast forward to 2012, I completed my apprenticeship and acquired a license at the age of 22.

Micro answer: Learn from your mistakes fast and don't lose more money than necessary.

The first year of business is about proving you idea as being a viable business, the next 2-4 years is about growing it as fast as possible, year 5 is about exiting, or doubling down and building the next Amazon or Google.So you have to ask yourself, what move can you make to earn more money with your current business.

My goal is to have a retirement income sustained by rental properties; though hoping for fast cash by flipping properties.

It was amazing how fast they went from "we don't make mistakes" to "how much is it going to take?"

I would add to consider finding mentors or others who are crushing it in your market to really scale up your business as fast as possible.Pick one marketing strategy and go crush it.