6) What specialized skills do I lack that could cause me to fail, and how will I overcome the lack of said skills?

This is going to always be a work in progress, as I’m trying to overcome 28 years of living a life thinking I’m the most important person in my life. 2) Put routines and systems in place that keep us on track for our goals, and correct us when we start veering off. 3) For the first time in my life Scripture study and prayer is a habit.4) Spent more time with family in the last 10 months than I probably have in the last 10 years combined. 5) Grew our rental portfolio from 1 property to now 8 properties.

We will work together to overcome limiting mind sets, create long & short term goals and actionsteps to achieve them, create a vivid vision of what we want our lives to look like and become, we will be able to encourage and hold one another accountable as we embark on our new business ventures.

Sitting on my couch reading "How to Invest in Real Estate" (shoutout Josh and Brandon) and tenant number 3 in the seven steps to overcoming RE investment fear is to PARTICIPATE.

To achieve this, I need to overcome my fear to connect with other people.

Until you’ve blown up, the lending component of this business is going to be a challenge, and your ability to overcome that challenge is one of the few things that will separate you from the pack of mediocre, stagnant investors.

To toot my own horn I’m a pretty resourceful person and have always been able to overcome bad odds against me.

To overcome the lack of experience, I would highly recommend finding a mentor or coach.2.

The fears you mention are lower, reflexive fears that can be mitigated and overcome with education and experience.If we focused on all the what-if lower fears possible, we would never drive.

According to my projections with the boring typical 20-25% down mortgages, that should be possible in 5 years for me if hold on to my 9-5 job; quicker, if I find good partnerships, seller financing, etc (and I know I'll need that or portfolio loans once I hit 4 properties, so that may be another hurdle to overcome when I get there).So, two questions, then:1.