If I were in your shoes, I'd continue full time work at your W2 while building up your agent business on the side.  

while ready to buy when a good deal comes along I find myself waiting to see if the other shoe will drop.build - there is no one I am aware of doing any substantial construction of single family rental communities here in OKC. 

What would you do if you were in our shoes?

I only ask as I if the shoe were on the other foot per say and an outside investor asked me for referral credit on a deal if they were an agent, I would most likely comply.

Tax, bookkeeping, sorting receipts from a shoe box into a usable backup system, phone calls with questions, etc...[2] When will tax return be done--before due date or after due date.[3] Are there blackout times when question calls cannot be made.[4] Will you need to buy (pay for monthly) any software.Good Luck!

@Max Langlois I was in your shoes two years ago.

The place is 100% renovated and I missed this part of the renovation--there is shoe molding between the baseboards and floor in all the other rooms.Thanks.

@Billy Kennick I was in your shoes and most of the successful investors in the BP forums probably were too.

Put yourself in your tenants shoes.

If you were in my shoes what would you do in this situation?