I would like some money now to grow my portfolio and also maybe do some renovations to that property prior to selling - kitchen mostly.

That said Dan Fuller aoausa.com has a great talk on "grow rich slowly". 

As you experience, grow, and learn more, you'll have a better understanding of how things work and what ventures may be best suited for your personality and lifestyle preferences.

Your best bet is simply to find an area where jobs and population are growing.

How can you grow your masonry company and you become hands off with daily production? 

We bought a duplex in a nice and growing downtown area that I'm very familiar with.  

These forums are great but you also need people in a more personal setting and that keep you accountable and growing.

While I continue to grow my company, I needed to find a property to purchase to continue growing the snowball .

The idea that I would like to launch here is to ask the local investor and out state that have rental here, how are you growing your local portfolio and the most important how do you get your rehabs done?

Boca is rapidly becoming the new Wall Street pushing an expensive market even higher.