We have become RE agents to help us find deals and love to help RE investors in their pursuit.  

I would rather go for it and fail, at least then I know I could go the rest of my life knowing I tried.Best of luck in your pursuit, if it was easy - everyone would be doing it.

To be more successful, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit.

To be more successful, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit.

Best wishes in your apartment building pursuit wherever you decide to invest.

Those OOS advocates were in pursuit of cash flow and under estimated the return that would be achieved via market and rent appreciation in coastal Cal. 

Knowledge like you have provided here is invaluable in such a pursuit.

Try reading this book by John Bogle:Enough.You clearly have more than enough money to do a blend of passive index investing and summarily discard the notion that you need to spend any additional effort for the rest of you or your family's life on anything as banal as the pursuit of additional pieces of currency that add no real value to your life.  

I can, however, indulge in other investment pursuits which are "safe" for someone of limited intelligence and means such as myself. 

Many of those questioning their legal pursuits are (1) chained to practicing law because of law school debt, (2) don't know what else to do, or (3) feel as if it is too late to change careers.