And for the record, any of those challenges can be overcome and I would not bucket long term professionals into this same risk category.

. :)You will need a degreaser, Dawn and hot water is excellent, gloves, a bucket, cleaning cloths, and a lot of elbow grease.

I think this depends on your experience level.IE low experience not a lot of deals in your deal bucket in the past.. then money is priority first, cant buy without money or funding .

That all is needed is a mop and bucket.

Or is it just a price bucket?

And 16 mil.. is a drop in the bucket compared to what those guys were making.. 

Which is why old school janitors use the double bucket mop where they squeeze the dirty water out. 

U need money to transact in RE.. other wise become an Agent or a lender and make fee's to build up your money bucket.

If you fall into one of those buckets that would be good information to include here, if you are looking for education that can actually hold some water you could obtain one of the bigger pm certificates, Certified Apartment Manager (CAM), Certified Property Manager (CPM), Master Property Manager (MPM).

Some people think that they can just buy a mop and bucket and then they call themselves cleaners because they think it is easy to do.