Funneling maximal money into tax-deferred vehicles seems "optimal" on many forums, but when you can earn greater than 30% on these dollars the strings attached outweigh the benefit9.  

They think they are big time business owners who can skip hiring general contractors and end up hiring handymen or day laborers from craigslist who call themselves general contractors.They are almost always going to offer a cheaper rate then an actual contracting company with an administrative staff, marketing budget, licensing, fleet of vehicles etc.....Thing is it's not actually a 100% certainty that they will do (or properly do) the job you've hired them to do. 

Your vehicle is not an asset, neither is your primary house.

I guess I see Renatus as a vehicle for me to learn in and grow from while I do deals.  

,I totally agree, everyone needs a place to live and that's why our investment vehicle stands the test of time when done smartly. 

The tenant with the car wants the light off because she feels it will attract unwanted people and make it easy for them to look inside her vehicle.

I can achieve a 10% return long term easily through many different vehicles.

Higher probability is that your plans are far to grandiose and you will not achieve them for many reasons the most probable being lack of financing.My advice would be pay off your student debts and get rid of the truck (buy a used vehicle under 10K) before you invest and then start planning to do your first of many house hacks.

I didn't exactly care to give her a 240+ ride and wait in a vehicle for several hours as she did her business.

Maybe you should sell your cars if you're both driving $500/month payment vehicles that could be replaced with 2 $250/month payment vehicles, or, better yet, 2 $0/month payment vehicles.