Flipping houses and owning a painting business can actually complement each other very well, in terms of cross-selling services, developing connections, and new opportunities among other things.I guess my point is, before leaving an existing venture, make sure you have formally done your diligence via a business model, business plan, marketing strategy, etc.  

Best of luck on your venture into RE. 

I Have been investigating real estate investing for the past 3 months with the anticipation of venturing into the business Feb 2017       On Aug 4 I got laid off.

Good Luck with all you ventures!

Keep in touch, let me know how your ventures are going.

I have a back ground in construction but seek anew venture with the belief that this is where my life has directed me to be.

I like the buy and hold property strategy, but could also venture into private lending.

My wife and I are interested in starting a real estate venture focusing primarily on buying/updating/selling rehab houses and some buy and hold for renting.  

I'm ready to get smarter about this new venture with hopefully not falling into the 20 Deadly Mistakes!

Hi Kevin,I lived in Sand Diego and interesting to venture out to the multiple units.