Step 1: Get a job earning X amount of moneyStep 2: Get a second PT job earning Y amount of moneyStep 3: Get a third PT job earning Z amount of money (preferably this should be in the real estate field in some manner)Step 4: Wake up earlier daily, grind as many hours as you can, go to bed, repeat...

Condo hotel will be great for daily rentals.

@DrewSing took me out to Thai Food one time, he recently bought a 5 bedroom fixer in Washington, and the rest is history.

I check daily, and sometimes there are some good ones that pop up in some c+ class neighborhoods.

I also can't seem to fund my 401K enough because of normal daily expenses.

As a consumer I know what I want and the top of my list of priorities when it comes to anything (food, clothes, cars, house) is price.

Dog food mixed with dry sacrete.

Make it a part of your daily ritual that it is not a choice but a way of life.I have  a goal over my lifetime to read 1,000,000 pages of material on various aspects of life. 

Last but not least, if I buy the business and operate as an absentee owner (not involved in daily operation), is a license still required?

But for those with a longer term horizon, I have still been able to find a few SFR and Multi-family deals daily  that work quite nicely on CoC and 10-year IRR.