Plus I need an energy audit and structural engineer to design the foundation (per the city.)

As an active real estate investor I can tell you it’s going to be hard to make $300k a year and not divert time and energy away from your day job.

@Joel Owens thanks for the advice. flip is unsecured. this is in the single digit percentage of net worth, so I haven't put as much energy towards this, but still needing to come to a conclusion. 

@Scott PassmanIf the point is that you don't need to do courses in REI to make money in it, sure.If the point is that college is really not the best place for types that can handle self-education, sure. even Elon Musk has repeatedly gone on the record to insist that he's a better rocket scientist for having two BS degrees in economics and physics and then dropping out of a PhD in energy physics, and a lot of people he's hired agree.But the reality as I saw it in my former profession as a teacher is that most people suck at self-education, suck at a nuts-and-bolts level on the tools of autonomous learning, research and analysis, suck in general at doing anything when someone isn't there holding their hand for them and patting them on the back every day.

The land would have to be a sweetheart deal, IMO and you'd have to know that the pain, time and energy you're going to expend would be relatively equal to co-investing in a larger play or bringing together other investors to do a larger value-add or development. 

Need more detail as there was court case classifying the solar equipment as personal property, not real property2) You might be able to get Business Energy CreditMight be worth talking to Tax professional because credit can give you significant tax saving as credit decreases your tax dollar for dollar.

My best advice for you is to continuously educate yourself, put yourself out there (as you are doing now), make connections and keep up with real estate trends.Here is a list of my favorite books so far (in no particular order):“Long Distance Real Estate investing” by David Greene “The book on Rental Property Investing” by Brandon Turner“The book on investing in real estate with no and low money down” by Brandon TurnerHope this helps!

I have read several books on the matter ("Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" by David Greene, "The Millionaire Real Estate Investor" by Gary Keller, etc.), however I would like to open a discussion to fellow BP members on their experiences.Currently my objective has been to study the markets and demographics of different areas and find one that suits me best.

I just finished reading David Greene’s BRRRR book and really like the idea of being able to use this same capital over and over again to acquire multiple properties.

After my wife completes her Physician Assistant schooling at Gardner Webb University, we look to move back to my hometown of Asheville, NC with another investment property.I would like to say thank you to all the BP members that give so freely of their time and expertise in helping those of us that are still green around the ears to start our investing careers.