I would spend more time improving and scaling your business so you can make more money quicker so that you can get the capital to invest in real estate.

I think spending some time and resources on learning the House-hack or Flip strategies would be a game changer.

So, as a buyer I would not want to spend money before having a contract.

Don't spend the check until it clearsRegulators do not view investors as being altruistic.

Also, how much time do you want to spend doing real estate vs. your main job or extra work in order to fund it.

If I was in your shoes I would find ways to streamline your day job so that you are not spending as much time in that role.

There are a lot of inconsistent contractors, so really spend some time vetting them. 

Spend more than half of your total working hours in an RE business in which you materially participate.2.

Just like many of the comments I want to do RE so I can spend more time with the kiddos..

There are many reasons why I haven't pursued the arbitrage model, but mainly that it takes too long for the ROI after investing all your time and effort into buying furniture and renting and paying utilities.Let's say you rent an apartment for $1500 and you spend $7000 to furnished it.