Your edge is scoping accurately, controlling timeline and quality, and turning “contractor problems” into equity; consider small multis for multiple income streams, and wholetail quick turns when a two‑week punch lifts resale.

That means more than just replacing your current income—you need an income stream that grows faster than inflation to sustain your lifestyle indefinitely.

Stream flowing thru property with trees along the banks. 

You'll eventually want to work with a CPA to make sure you're taking advantage of everything your real estate has to offer and see how it interplays with your current income streams, making sure that it aligns with your overall financial picture.

Quote from @Joseph Kirk: Hi everyone, im looking to take wholesaling seriously and become my main stream of income.

However, I have expanded into property management, flips and now I even help people educate and sell their houses with owner financing so they have a steady stream of income.

As in all things in life (like choosing a spouse)for instance, it's incumbent upon us to examine our individual personalities regarding whether a proposed partnership would be a good fit or a disaster in waiting.In 2007, when I lost more than $130,000 in the stock market,I learnt a permanent lesson that stuck with me till today.I discovered that I was a control freak.I needed to always know how my actions directly related to my results, and most often like to retain the ability to change my mind even if others would find such reversal a stupid idea.Seeing how much control I didn't have on how my stocks performed in 2008 despite all the information I had consumed for several months regarding value investing and how to analyze a company's fundamentals scarred me for life.It made a real estate investor out of me.The safety and assurance that I was taking sole responsibility for the calls i made and the risks I decided to take was a calming refuge.Having been a Pro-member on BiggerPockets for as long as I've been has its perks.It gives one a front row seat to see in slow motion the interesting evolution of the component parts that make up this mammoth industry.I watched in amusement as one member arrived as a total newbie in 2018 with a welcome post, voraciously consuming unsolicited counsel on the member forums for a few months and then posted a "success story" of his deals after 6 months.Within a year, he had his own podcast and is now buying large apartments as a syndicator pooling investors' money.To be clear, this is not a hate post.I certainly do not begrudge people "crushing it" in record time.Nonetheless, as a 'senior' member of this community who has seen this movie before,I do feel a lonely cautionary voice in the wilderness is needed at this point.We are in an environment of unprecedented cap rate compression and record low interest rates which is only headed in one direction after this is all over.Yes, make no mistake, the music will soon stop.That has very little to do with an upcoming election and is regardless of who wins the White House or who controls congress after November.If you've listened to Kevin Bupp and Rod Khleif, you know what happened to their portfolios in 2008.These were no amateurs, as a matter of fact, they had many years of investment experience when the music stopped.They both weathered the storm and came back stronger and that is why I remain a shameless fan of both men till today.Several others were not that lucky, and you will never hear their names.In this space today, there are investors and there are educators.The educators have taken over the habitat.That is why there are now more podcasts on real estate than I can get through in a working week.Real Estate education is so very lucrative now that it is possible to make way more money from podcasts and books than in actual real estate investment for some gifted marketers with smooth tongues and gifted content creators.We are in the information age after all, and youtube millionaires are now perhaps outpacing patient real estate buy and hold landlords in the passive income/ cash flow game.Belonging to a $25,000/year mastermind and attending a syndication bootcamp does not insulate anyone from catastrophe.

Run the deal two ways: with 20% down and with FHA 3.5% downA lot of people automatically default to 20% down because “that’s what investors do,” but since you’re living in the property, you might be leaving money on the table.With FHA 3.5% down:You keep more cash in the bank (liquidity is king when house hacking).Your payment will be higher, but because you have multiple income streams, your out-of-pocket housing cost could be lower than with 20%.FHA will also let you use rental income to help with qualification.On a ~$340K purchase, 20% down is $68,000.FHA 3.5% down is only $11,900.You could literally keep $56,000+ in your pocket to fund your next property or reserves.3.

It would definitely help accelerate your ability to scale your RE portfolio, especially with two streams of cash flow.

Their revenue stream changed.