New to the real estate investing game!

I agree with number 3 the most, as most of us who have been in the game for over 30 years will all say we shouldn't have sold so much.

The investor also had no backup plan, and it was clear they hadn’t considered the potential risk if this failed - they just said "we would foreclose" - which if they did would (at best) provide single digit return...It gets even better, if they did get the borrower to follow their exit strategy, they would make around 13%...Here’s the problem: The gurus often make note investing sound like it’s just a game of persuasion, telling you it’s "easy" to get borrowers to agree to anything if you push the right buttons.

So unfortunately, as you scale, finding creative solutions like my colleagues above have suggested will be the name of the game. 

If you told him you have been playing pickup games for the past year and need help improving your jump shot, now he has evidence you're motivated and a specific goal he can quickly help you work towards.

So MTRs that are close to the "action" are great.Also, I think the MTR market is getting more and more like Airbnb in Denver and Colorado, in that it's not an amateur's game.

Learning & experience is the name of the game getting started! 

That's part of the game, I get it.

@Jonathan BockWhile paying taxes is not fun and trying to defer them is part of the game - my wife always jokes that the more you pay the more you make and if someone is paying six figures in taxes - well they are making a very decent living.

You've already been on the sidelines soaking it in, now it’s game time.