Looking forward to making some great progress in this side of my career, make new friends and growing together.

Still, there has to be a shared motivation to grow financially and a shared understanding of the risks involved with the particular investments you are looking at.This should be obvious, but I know from talking to investors for over 30 years that it's not.It's very difficult to be a successful real estate investor if your spouse or partner is not on board.

The day I went from having a ton of Agents to not having Agents was the greatest day in my career.

AS a HML I have seen this play out with investors that drink the sub too coolaid and are simply not financially capable to handle issues when things go sideways.I have also personally bought over 100 sub to deals in my career..

A real estate professional can use real estate losses to offset W-2 or other income, but you would need to meet both the:1.750-hour rule – You must spend at least 750 hours per year in real estate activities.2.50% rule – More than 50% of your working time must be spent on real estate.Since both of you have W-2 jobs, it might be difficult to meet these requirements unless one of you dedicates significant time to real estate.Another option could be buying multiple rental properties.

As with any investment PML does carry risk, so investors must weigh their own personal goals and risk appetites against the returns.Long term (after that career of investing you mentioned) I see myself going more heavily into the PML/ LP route.

It turns their negative review into an opportunity to educate the public on how we deal with difficult customers, which reflects well on us.

I’m used to dealing with sharks in my career field. 

AND its some what difficult to buy a list of preforeclosures and get any  campaign to them since they are on a 4 week cycle till the auction. 

I'm in CT, which is also a difficult place to be a landlord (although I talked to an investor here and he likes CT, so it's all perspective really).