HIGHLY recommend you switch to an accounting firm with several partners in various disciplines! 

Disciplined investors should not have a problem as long as they stick to their numbers and keep ROI in mind we should be good

Another way you could do that mental calculus is set a minimum required return for a given type of investment/risk ... and if you can't find anything that meets this return, then keep looking but build your cash ... bad stuff tends to happen when you compromise too much on your minimum requirements, so discipline and patients is prudent IMO.

. , I see, with the dental school student loans you have a deep hole (but as my daughter says (MD), you have a pretty big shovel with which to dig.)Your devotion, discipline and delayed gratification will serve you well.

It is hard work and requires discipline as well as cash.

Since there's nothing I can do about that type of risk, I'll focus on what I CAN influence.Diversifying geographically and amongst asset classesOffering multiple investment opportunities with differing strategiesEncouraging investors to invest in multiple offerings instead of putting their entire allocation into one (and to invest with other sponsors too)Understanding that risk increases when I stray further from my core competencies, which means I need to bring in expertise or take the risk myself with my own funds before accepting investor fundsRecognize that properties have flaws, and don't ignore them to make the deal work...if the flaws make the deal un-doable, don't do the dealWatch economic indicators to seek clues to future market conditions and react before everyone else figures out what is going onExercise discipline, don't get caught up in bidding wars that put your successful execution at riskDon't accept unsuitable investors--they must be utilizing risk capital.  

Note:  This does require both discipline and the ability to have other cash flow that can be directed towards the payoff if the investment does not start cash flowing right away.  

That if you discipline yourself to a set of business principles, that success will come.  

The challenge consumers face in implementing such plans is the fact that it requires expertise in multiple disciplines that are seldom found under a single roof.The required expertise includes, but is certainly not limited to:Qualified Retirement Plan design & administrationExpertise in "self-direction" that includes the full gamut of expertise required in the "Solo 401k" and "SDIRA" realmAn entirely new realm of expertise created by the wedding of "self direction" and ERISAIn my experience, for whatever it's worth, expertise in the first 2 realms are readily available if you know where to find the right folks - albeit not under 1 roof.

I have successfully completed online courses for my master's degree, so I'm not stranger to the discipliner required.