@Russell Brazil I am 75 so no empire building.

Think of it this way, suppose you started out and you build a small RE Empire which winds up being worth a $1 Million.Then, for no fault of your own, you got into a Car Accident and are no longer able to go through towards your Goal of $100 Million.Life happened, but you did your VERY BEST.

My recommendations are "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki, "The Book on Rental Property Investing" by Brandon Turner, "Build a Rental Property Empire" by Mark Ferguson and "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie. 

If history has taught me anything, it is that an individual person from even the most humble and unfortunate circumstances can forge their own path and accomplish incredible things that defy the odds - whether that is wealth generation, empire building or just making people enjoy their lives more.

Forbes wrote an article in 2014 titled “The Biggest Reason For Income Inequality is Single Parenthood” siting empirical research.

Keep it all liquid to build your real estate empire.

I will be putting about 10K as a downpayment and want to grow a real estate empire.

Pray tell, how'd you expect to expand your empire if your cash is tied up?

So many successful investors have built empires over the past 10 years on lucrative cash flow deals that just aren't there anymore. 

Be prepared to scale to multiple properties. one property will eat up your annual trip to memphis. dont think you can do remote asset management sitting from anaheim. also you can invest in inland empire with similiar numbers. i am not sure why you are not casting your net locally.