Agents are there to help you achieve your goals, and that can only happen if both sides are communicating...

I know a BPer who is very close to achieving this but he leads a frugal lifestyle that isn’t for everyone (but works for him)

This will help you to define your goal and allow them to help you achieve it.Best of luck

But again if it’s a “norm” than I’ll never achieve anything extraordinary

If you run the numbers investing the max in your Solo 401(k) can you achieve the numbers?

I am a big believer that goals and a plan to achieve them are key.

In either case you can easily calculate how much to sell it for to achieve the yield you both agreed to.

I am a starter in Real Estate Investment(less than 1 year)compared to the average.Still, i believe in challenges and it is my utmost conviction that challenges can be the catapult to propel us toward great achievements or hurl us into the abyss of the anonymous.

So for anyone who has made this change before, with a wife and a newborn, I would love to hear some of the challenges you experienced and how you were able to overcome those challenges to achieve your dreams.  

Imagine your Goal is to find Financial Security (first) and eventually complete Financial Freedom (leave the Corporate gig) and you want to achieve in the next 10 years a monthly net income of 30k monthly, become an expert, and dedicate your professional (and great part of the personal) life to this industry.