I don't particularly enjoy having a boss (putting it nicely).

will i actually be able to enjoy any of the money i hope to make now, or should i just accrue until I am ready to quit my job completely someday?  

I don't think it is necessary to get into Real Estate sales unless you enjoy it.

Enjoy my annotated Orlando map pulled from the City's permitting dept.

Knowing that a good agent/broker is hard to find, we would eventually enjoy the freedom of becoming licensed ourselves down the road.With that said, any investor agents in the Seattle area willing to connect? 

She has a full time job and we have 3 kids, so I found other things she enjoyed about real estate to get her involved (and talked about it constantly).For example, I found she loves looking through the MLS and driving for dollars together, so I really latched onto that. 

I enjoy my profession but i am very interested in trying to increase income without having to work more.

I have a full list of contractors who do all my work, a handyman in town, and we do much of our own work (and we enjoy it). 

Btw James I enjoy your YouTube videos and have gotten several good ideas so thank you !

I understand looking for positive cash flow is a good proxy to avoid making bad deals when you’re a beginner, but if you’re careful in your estimates and run the numbers properly, I would believe you can still enjoy a decent return on your property even if your initial cash flow is inexistent.Let’s take the example of a zero-CF property (i.e. it’s zero after opex, capex, vacancy, PITI, property management etc..) in the following situation: I put down 20% as down payment for a 30 years loan, at 4.5%The property doesn’t appreciate over the years and I sell the property after 30 years for the same priceI incur 5% closing costs at purchase, and 5% selling cost when exitingI assume no inflation (hence selling price = acquisition price)In this context, my IRR would be 4.55%.