The companies that market themselves as "garage door companies" (residential) also almost always do commercial stuff as well, such as what you are looking at.

Bragging about doors is just stroking the ego; I couldn't care less that a lot of people on here have more "doors" than me. 

Because I need cashflow proceeds to start being withdrawn in 2 years and not today, I'm looking for how I can build up the empire with a larger portfolio with continued investments beyond the initial $250k now.  

By working for a larger corporation you are gaining an unfair advantage, by letting them train and develop you (while you are getting paid) and you do real estate on the side.This idea is not from me, read RichDad. 

One marks up larger jobs, but won't say how much.

I'm in Open Door Capital's Sunbelt Diversified Portfolio.

It's stopping me from scaling to a much larger portfolio leveraged versus a smaller paid off portfolio.  

We just started managing 4 tiny homes on 1 lot with a shared pool and they are booking great at a rate commensurate with larger homes.   

Lessons Learned: I should have transitioned to larger commercial deals sooner.

I told her - the garage door opener is $150 at Home Depot.