The lessons you learn as you do that will be priceless to you.I, like you Daniel, am not out to build an empire. 

But what we know from a ton of experience and empirical data....any 15 CAP in Ohio will end up being 100% fake right after that first trashy tenant destroys your building and causes $8K in repairs which wipes out 2 years of your "15 CAP" ROI.

The individual most likely admired but thousands in this forum built his empire off of generational wealth.

Most of you are hard working men/women who are smart with their money and have plugged away slowly over time to build your empire.

@Nate WightmanWe call them "Over/Unders" here, many of them old Second Empire and Victorian houses converted into duplexes - or triplexes with on unit per floor - back in the 1920s - 1940s.As far as building new, around here it's not really cost effective at this time ...

Funniest thing I heard on a podcast lately was how rancho is the bell aire of the inland empire, but it is true.

Empirical evidence of information?

I’ll plan on keeping my terms and give them a deadline so I don’t keep waisting everyone’s time.

Did the successful person build an empire with a million in  yearly revenue?

Chris,It's a long story :)But here's part 1: I lost everything back in 2002-2003https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/55/topics/690349-from-bankruptcy-to-1-000-units-part-1-thru-the-dark-tunnelFrom there, is a link to Part 2: how I came back and Part 3: how I built my real estate empire