@Natalie FrydaI've seen a lot of people get fooled into the "passive income" belief with owning SFH or small multi-family.

Contrary to popular belief your accountant does not have to live near you, or even be in the same state.

Behind the backyard is a cemetery, I’m not really religious.

I think there's some great anecdotes about hard work, desire, and persistence in pursuit of seizing opportunity in order to become successful.We know thoughts become beliefs, beliefs become actions, and actions become reality.

I had this belief confirmed when I met an investor from CA on Monday night.

If you told me a few months ago that I would be cold calling apartment owners trying to convince them to sell their apartment to me I'd think you were crazy.I had one big limiting belief: I DIDN'T THINK PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T KNOW ME WOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND ME OR HAVE THE PATIENCE TO LISTEN TO SOME FUNNY SOUNDING GUY OVER THE PHONE.At first , I tried to work around this weakness by relying on brokers to bring me deals.

If you told me a few months ago that I would be cold calling apartment owners trying to convince them to sell their apartment to me I'd think you were crazy.I had one big limiting belief: I DIDN'T THINK PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T KNOW ME WOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND ME OR HAVE THE PATIENCE TO LISTEN TO SOME FUNNY SOUNDING GUY OVER THE PHONE.At first , I tried to work around this weakness by relying on brokers to bring me deals.

Therefore, the tenants pay their rent and typically take OK care of the units.It is my belief that if you plan to hold at least 5 years that there is a very good chance that you will be happy that you purchased in San Diego and if you hold at least 10 years it is a virtual certainty (at least going backwards this has always been the case).Now my recommendation for how I would suggest you do it:House hack a detached duplex. 

When following up with a seller a common limiting belief is that you don't want to be a pest to the seller.Did you know 80% of sales happens between the 5-12th contact?

Otherwise I recommend you make a schedule and stick to it religiously, while doing your best to unplug, take time away from real estate altogether and pick it back up the next day.