For example, whole life insurance has at least 5 different terms associated with it now.

My 2 cents: You're young, you could get a real estate or real estate adjacent 9-5 so you can get paid to to learn more about real estate while learning and building the side hustle outside of business hours.Seems like you live in a major US market so that's a plus, you could get a tenant services coordinator job in commercial real estate making $40-60k (not sure if that's more or less than what you are making now) It's an Entry level role, anyone with a degree and a polished resume and a passion for real estate should have a decent shot at landing a job like this.

It's 60 degrees.

Here in South Florida, on the Treasure Coast, we have a Real Estate Investor Association and the networking is great.

Get a degree in Finance or Engineering and you'll graduate with a world of possibilities. 

He was a past President of the National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM), he's honest, and he's a great businessman.

It seems that there is some risk associated even if it cash flows because our names will still be on the mortgage and affecting our DTI ratio.

Get comfortable with a certain degree of uncertainty but still take action. 

The Chicago Association of Realtors'® specifically state "When you become a Dual Agent, you owe equal fiduciary duties at that point to both parties in the transaction, and you lose the ability to negotiate for, strategize and advise either one."

We make sure to do the work to a high degree.