He devoted four years to creating the first residential mortgage-backed security, which debuted in 1978, and spent much of the next six years shuttling to Washington and getting federal laws changed to make selling the securities easier.

When my other business was slow I focused more on real estate and when real estate slowed down I started devoting more time to that business to generate more cash for future deals.  

I do... alright :DTo be honest we are drowning a bit.I devoted my mind and soul to learning SEO 3 years ago and nothing else.

Well, how many hours *did* you devote?

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

To be a pro, you have to (1) have half of your professional work time devoted to real estate, and (2) your professional work time on real estate has to be over 750 in that year.

But I will still be getting $891 more per month which I could save and devote to other investment activities.Please share your thoughts and affirm or refute my thinking.

I am devoted to all of my students.

After attending the class, we surrounded ourselves with other investors who had not only surpassed what our goals were, they surpassed what we thought was possible i.e. owning 8 apartment complexes and spending a few hours a month devoting time on them.

Meaning...If you could devote 1 hour on SEO or 1 hour on doorknocking... yes do SEO.But if the only thing you CAN do is DK (door knocking), yes better thant than nothing at all.Thi is what your mindset should be like right now."