BUT, to accelerate wealth building the investor needs to be open to strategies, tactics, investment types OUTSIDE their “comfort zone”.  

My quintessential mountain cabin will include comfortable leather furnishings, wood for the fireplace, big coffee mugs, plaid window treatments and/or bedding, extra blankets, and taxidermy hangings.  

I am preferential to medium/long term rentals so my exit strategy would not be applicable for many years.I make a comfortable living and have a surplus of money saved up but don't want to liquidate my entire savings accounts so I can get just one singular 200K property that may cash flow for a couple hundred bucks over the next few years.Am I missing something or being overly cautious?

There are so many different opinions and mine is just another one of them, so take it or leave it, the beauty of it all is you can do what you are comfortable with and what will work for you!

Hoping to buy one property by the end of this year, 2 next year and to scale up.Neighbourhood: Class B or C+ neighbourhood.Rehab: Comfortable with cosmetic and upgrades to the property but not a whole tear down gut job. 

That’s the most direct path to getting comfortable making investment decisions, alongside connecting with a few local agents in your area. 

Make sure you are comfortable with who they place in your property! 

Its much more challenging for single family investing so consider living in a two fam to make yourself more comfortable or just buy an investment and stay in your home. 

They stayed nine years and are clearly comfortable with the rental.

I didn't see your post until today. 30 - 45 days should not be an issue.This is the reason why I personally have built a buyers list of qualified buyers who can close with cash in 10-15 days (its never really that short between sorting out title issues, sending contracts back and forth, etc.)I feel comfortable telling the seller that although the contract says 30-45 days we can more than likely wrap the deal up in 10 - 15 business days barring any unforeseen circumstances.@ Tommy - I took a look at the cost of those leads. 25 leads a month for $150?