I noticed that in most cases my cash flow was negative, or barely breaking even (the median home price is $600k+ here, most people don't rent for $6,000/mo if you follow the 1% rule). 

I do know he does invest strictly under his name instead of using a buisness.

I realized that simply earning money following Jeff's advice across different part time jobs and investing wisely and networking with other folks is the way to go.Yes indeed many wonderful folks in this forum are right.. you can network with others to help you get the house.. where for example you can be the guy with boots on the ground, while investors provide passive income or partially also be a bit of both active and passive... type of investors... where for example some of them can help you analyze deal and get it under contract... 

A lot of my preliminary research has uncovered lots of papers on residential real estate booms and busts in this time period, but it's been tough finding strictly CRE papers.

I have been studying real estate and following BiggerPockets for about 4 years now.

Are you looking for an up and coming neighborhood for appreciation, or are you strictly looking for cash flow?

I'm looking at turn key, I had followed Morris Invest for several months and had wanted to dive into real estate vs being all in stocks.

I would begin with a Facebook page.With social media, or any other type of marketing you need to understand VRIN scores:V stands for value.R stands for rarity or how rare it is.I stands for inimitable andN stands for non-substitutable.Value means you are giving your followers what they are interested in.

I just sat with my equity, i should be following his advice since i listen to him religiously

Foundation companies have to follow the engineer report.