Acquiring clients - You need to spend money and a lot of it typically.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

You make the payments to the lender.Oh, and just in case, there are more items to know about when considering a "sub to" transaction but this is just a comment on the payment aspect. 

I am wanting to be able to stop working full time sooner than later as I would like to be able to spend more time with my family and enjoy life. 

A lot of people spend their time doing this, but it's not a good use of time because it can not teach you anything relevant without seeing each one in person.

If you're earning primarily W-2 wages, interest, or dividends, those attractive depreciation deductions from your cost segregation study will be suspended.Think about it this way: You might spend $10,000-$15,000 on a cost segregation study, expecting immediate tax savings, only to find those deductions suspended indefinitely.Does this mean cost segregation studies are worthless?

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

I'd look for a good brand and spend some time looking at reviews from a big box store. 

There was quite a bit of unused land and the zoning gave me some flexibility if I wanted to expand various aspects of the property.Also the self storage units were all below market rent and the seller was willing to finance at a decent rate with a 5 year balloon.

But then their is the real world aspect and they just don't pan out.