A nice fat margin can get very thin, very quickly if anything goes sideways. 

Train with the one thing you have with you all the time FIRST and then go to external weapons if you like.I hear all the time from some 400 pound fat guy they have a gun and go to the range once a week but if they walk more than 20 feet they get out of breath.  

You probably also have an opportunity to trim some fat on your PM fees if you still want to outsource the management because that's heavy.

If you've got a fat stack of cash to work with, you can make all-cash offers on "as-is" properties with a fast closing, no contingencies, and get properties for 75% of market value that way.

Sounds enticing:  buy property after property for .35 on the dollar, quickly flip it to someone else for a fast, fat profit. 

Highs typically range from 87°F at the start of the month to 74°F by the end, with lows cooling between 65°F and 53°F.

Compare the budgets, where is the fat? 

The "Value add" by most wholesalers usually adds up to a big fat zero.

Think the puck stops with you trying to be some form of leader on here.Self proclaimed "Zen" of Real Estate, give me a fat ****ing break. 

So maybe that's stacking savings, maybe paying down debt, improving FICO, or maybe it's raising capital, whatever, the details don't matter because there is 101 flavors out there, all that matters is what is your 1-Thing NOW, do that, THAT alone, with fanatical focus like a fat-boy on cake!