If you don’t like to read, listen or educate yourself than unfortunately you will likely not find much success (although I am sure there are those out there that have succeeded without).Rich Dad Poor Dad, Millionaire Real Estate Investor, Multi- Family Millions (Dave Lindahl), ABC’s of Real Estate Investing, The Book on Rental Property Investing, Hold, The Advanced Guide to Real Estate Investing, The Due Diligence Handbook for Commercial Real Estate, Millionaire Real Estate Agent, The Book on Managing Rental Properties (Brandon Turner), The Emyth RevistitedCrushing It in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate, Emerging Real Estate Markets ,The ABC’s of Property Management, Wheelbarrow Profits, The One Thing, Outliers, Start with Why, David and Goliath, Chasing Excellence, Extreme Ownership, The Compound Effect, The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster, Be Obsessed or Be Average, The 10x Rule, The Obstacle is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, Am I Being Too Subtle, 48 Laws of Power, Atlas Shrugged, Man’s Search For Meaning, Sapiens, Tools of Titans, Four Hour Work Week, Who Not How, Shoe Dog, Ride of a Lifetime, The Honey Bee, Living with a Seal, 10% Happier, Relentless, Zero to One, Can’t Hurt Me.

Even if the OP could make it work he’ll be over leveraged and skating on thin ice.

You miss 100% of the shots you never take.I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.Wayne Gretzky 

Beware of being the roller, when there's nothing left to roll.  

This thread was an incredible vicarious learning experience for me (and a bit of an emotional roller coaster).

Being able to go to the beach whenever I want and surf or skate on hte boardwalk, or be in sunshine constantly?  

Although my parents did well, it was very much a roller coaster, and I've got a few scars.  

It took the guess work, will power, and emotional roller coaster out of the equation.

LOL hopefully he comes through with the money to pay you back and this will just be on roller coaster of a learning for you.

Just search the forums for "Morris Invest Case Study 2.0" and you'll find my year and a half detailed account and 700+ comments of the roller coaster journey I was on.I've since sold that house, but changed my investing strategy and bought another single family a few months ago.