I mentioned a lot in my post, if someone can touch on atleast 1 thing for me it would be greatly appreciated.Ps how much cash flow is attainable with a rental?

These parameters will help decide what kind of yields you are searching for, which you can use to filter down your list of macro markets.Then I would start by looking at the macro market's fundamentals, that is the population, job and income growth over time.After that, I would look to see what the rents and home prices are and how those are trending as well.I would do a similar analysis, but at the sub-market level for the metro area you are considering investing in.Other metrics that I find valuable to understand are household income, poverty, unemployment, and educational attainment.

We have all heard Josh Dorkin explain that one should set attainable goals, however I tend to lean towards Grant Cardone's method and shoot for the moon...

Are they referring to attaining a private lender for Wholesaling?

Challenge with the 1% rule is that it's simply not attainable in the Austin market (or at least not based on what I've seen).

I help entrepreneurs attain financing for their business or project.

Last week I started a slow and cautious walk towards the same goal: got my RE License, hung it with a broker, settled on a starting marketing budget, created a business plan, chose 3 monthly REIA's that I will attend (first is this Tuesday) and created an attainable first year goal.

I believe investing in real estate is one way to begin doing that and I am truly excited to learn everything I can.My current plan is to gather multifamily residences in my local Southern New Jersey area as cash flowing rentals and to flip single family homes for investment income, all with the goal in mind to eventually attain financial freedom.

Just wondering how was your experience attaining your MS in Real Estate?

If your family's goal is truly financial independence, and getting their in the most attainable and efficient way possible, then I would shift money from your stocks into RE, and better allocate current RE holdings.