I also like having cash available for when screaming deals come up or when the prices go low. 

I found a screaming home run deal.

Knocking on the door, confronting them, asking and sending pleading letters will only result in them screaming about "Unlawful eviction" etc.

I do outpatient services and travel frequently, so I drive past several homes in several areas that are screaming for possible rehabilitation or possible buy and hold opportunities.  

It screams "I am being evicted". 

It did not go well -  she began screaming at me and threatening me.

You may not get a screaming deal, as those deals tend to be reserved for the well connected folks, but an okay deal. 

I see even more people dip their toe in the water and discover by some miracle that’s there’s no trick to this, it’s just bloody hard work.

I am of the opinion that more doors are better so duplex, triplex, quad unless I find a screaming deal on a SFH. 

Develop a budget as well as daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly goals and plan out how to get there (budget will be developed by tomorrow, the 14th, goals list also by EOD on the 14th.)Step 1 is done with this post, though it terrifies me to post on a national forum (even as I type this out my mind is screaming at me that people will make fun or think that I am weird or a flake), it is my first step and I am now invested and dedicated.