Originally posted by @Trevor Parker:This has become an essay.

After a few years, I learned a lot, but decided government wasn’t for me and went back to school full-time for my MBA.

No need for MBA class lol  .... be a hyper-active investor lol

I know >98% of smartest IVY League MBA money managers and Hedge Fund managers can't beat a brain damaged Chimp throwing darts at a board ie buying the index fund of the whole market, VTI, over a greater than 15 year period, (Standard and Poor's Spiva reports last 50 years) but I still pick my companies that I think can beat the market. 

My BIL the MBA financial guru consultant, who told us we were doing everything in RE wrong, still has a hard time wrapping his mind around those returns. 

Most of those have over a billion in value and run a pretty tight professional ship ( Havard MBA management ).

I have an MBA w/ a concentration in finance so I've always been a paper asset guy and below is what I personally do, but am no way qualified to give financial advice so do your research first and check with a qualified financial professional if you have one.  

That being said I'm much more passionate about real estate and will likely to back to school in a few years for my MBA

Although I've done a few deals I still consider myself "new" and I'm writing this post looking for some guidance from anyone who took the time to read this "essay" lol..sorry I typed so much but this is the only place I can come to, to express all the feelings & thoughts I have built up inside & everyone reading can relate or understand how I'm feeling. 

Philosophical and sappy essays would have abounded with 80s ballads blaring in the background for the full experience.