Essentially, we're not farmers and have no desire to spend all day in the field.

Believe it or not you don't have to spend a lot of time on this as an investor.  

Be careful...they are good rentals but you need to make sure the HOA will do a good job and not spend money needlessly. 

Does the local grocery store spend time justifying their price for a T-bone steak? 

What if your roof is shot in year 5 snd you spend $5,000 replacing it?

You can work a deal where the agency provides leads from advertising for a percentage of your commission so you’ll have no upfront advertising costs (the successful wholesalers I Know spend $10,000 monthly on sales, marketing and advertising).4.

If you add up how much time we all spend in our cars it is significant.

On top of that, at $250 for a repair I'd spend an extra $250 and get a new stove.

So max I have is $600,000, although I don't know if I want to spend all of this.My Goals:I want to scale fairly quickly, I am 35 years old now and I want to have sufficient amount of units/ properties by the age of 45.

I can then buy 2-3 rentals, in that same market - maybe spend $100k on 2 rentals, $1200 NOI and have $80k cash for home improvements, or spend it all on investment properties.I've got about $80k in student loans and I'm not required to be making payments until April 2023.