By doing this, you may optimize leverage and maybe raise your return on investment.In the real estate industry, having patience is crucial, but you also need to act.

The selling, buying, renting, hunting, rehabbing, etc. and happy to continue learning about this industry hands-on. 

Again, other might feel differently here.b) Skin in the game: as a conservative investor, I understand that the dirty secret of industries that the waterfall compensation is in the line with me and incentivizes sponsors to take more risk.

I wanted to take a minute to let you know a little bit more about how our system may be a good fit for you (admittedly we are not the right fit for everybody—so many different ways for investors to make money in this industry).You mentioned that you love the idea of someone vetting deals for you, as you are restricted on time.

This slogan merely means you can put down ZERO and the Investment will be NEGATIVE but if you buy it without financing it, you will Cash Flow.You make the Investment Cash Flow.Also, Cash Flow can be a distraction from much bigger problems.Buying a Property that you cash flow in a DEPRECIATING Local Market is a set up for failure.Take Detroit during the decades before it went bankrupt.You may have bought a Cash Flowing property decades before, but the writing on the wall was that Detroit was going to depreciate when the Domestic Auto Industry was a decades long slow train wreck.Detroit, at that time, was 90% dependent on Domestic Auto.There are 2 rules that I follow:1) ALWAYS buy in Appreciating Markets with a horizon of at least 10 years2) You (notice, I said YOU) SHOULD Make the Investment at least break even if not some positive cash flowIf you are in an Appreciating Market, your Cash Flow will grow.For instance, I am in Brooklyn, NY and my first investment was in 1998.My rents went up over 350% (from $1k for a typical 2 Bedroom apt to $3.5k today) over the 26 years.Not only do I cash flow from the Rental Price Appreciation but soon my Mortgage will be paid off by the tenants.The Cash flow will be HUUUGE in about 2 years from now.Many Investors here seem to not understand that Appreciation is BOTH the Investment's Value and the Rental Price Appreciation.

I think though a lot of the crappy agents are going to be forced out of the industry by the structural changes that are coming.

I am considering options such as launching my own business to working a 9-5 to working in the real estate industry and many more. 

I am in the lumber/millwork industry so have a good handle on that end of things.I saw in another post it is possible to invest in a duplex for $50K?

As an agent, there's a billion dollar support industry built for you already, you just have to tap in to it. 

Hi All, Been focused on sourcing off market industrial warehouse deals in the Phoenix area, but we've been digging up a few deals that are too small for our PE partners, specifically multibay industrial properties that are under 15k Sq/ft.