For most technology, getting to an 80-90% efficiency happens extremely fast, but that last 10-20% takes a very long time.

For example ex-convicts people who have felony convictions people who are easier to hold their home over their heads I understand that this is an extreme to have the landlord like this.

Your soft costs are extremely high.Site development is way over.Have the engineer do a line item estimate to build out. 

Our government is run extremely inefficiently, and there's not one department that covers real estate, etc., though it would save taxpayers billions if there were! 

Extremely pissed this was a scheme to get more money out of me.

The tax sale process is EXTREMELY messy.

@Robin Roundtree, like most markets, cash flow here in Atlanta is extremely tight unless you're pursuing a creative investment strategy like rent-by-the-room or MTR.

This profession can be tough, especially when starting out for reasons mentioned above, but it is also extremely rewarding, fun, and allows you the freedom to live life the way that you want to live it rather than sitting in a cubicle being yelled at by 4 different bosses about a deadline.  

It is extremely difficult -- bordering on practically impossible -- to use a 1031 exchange to move gains from the sale of one of your existing properties into a property that you already own. 

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.