I loved watching them play

We're probably not going to take the risk if we're busy agents to play that game. 

You have to value your time, leverage your skills, and execute a long or short term play. 

Appreciation in most Sec8 neighborhoods is very low so it’s a cash flow play.- I would highly suggest you plan on using a property management company.

I’m all done playing those games.    

You just have to do a LOT of homework and play by the rules.

I do think brand can play a very important role in the long term of something like this.

Negotiating is a skill that needs to be practiced and consistently role played to get right.

Role-playing.     . you paid $300k 10 years ago, it’s worth $660k, (so when you sell you net $600k to make math easy.)and your cpa determined that you owned zero land, so it’s all depreciatable. you owe 15% on the $300k gain plus 25% tax on $109k depreciation recapture, so you owe $70k in federal taxes, then California reaches out for another $30k?  

The next RE play is going to be building ammo stores on the interstate and state lines between CA and NV and Oregon and WA and ID..