I ending up burning some money for the things you described (NAR membership, brokerage fees, quarterly MLS charges, etc), just a lot of things I found I wasn't getting any value from, I decided to simply put it on full stop and take a year to really reallocate and figure out what I needed to do.

Many will promise high Loan to Costs and low, low down payments, but think about the Interest Rates and what you are comfortable with when it comes to giving up equity in a deal in order to do more deals. 

Schlage has a 3 yr warranty on electronic locks and the UPS you a replacement after a few photos and a quick phone call. 

If you are willing to do mid-term, you open a lot of boxes up.

If you consistently analyze properties, recognizing a good deal will be much easier when it shows up.

Simply put, there are a limited amount of PMs that will operate in the area, so I ended up with poor management.

Andrew,Good for upping your game!

Can you set up an account and post a rental directly on Zillow if you are not a realtor? 

The returned interest from a loan is stacking up in the account and I need to take some action to get it moving again.

@Roger D JonesAnastasia,Was a long time ago and things just kind of lined up right.