But in my experience, you would be better off spending that same amount of time/hustle working a second part-time job with guaranteed income, then investing in buy-and-hold properties. 

I am wanting to be able to stop working full time sooner than later as I would like to be able to spend more time with my family and enjoy life. 

I'm going off the understanding that you still need to spend 500+ hours in the business to achieve material participation (please correct me if I'm wrong). 

It’s better to spend a little now than risk costly mistakes later.

Time is a valuable resource and "spending" it everywhere at once isn't worth the effort.

Learn to control your spending and pay off debt.

That's why we require clients to spend a couple days with us in Milwaukee up front, so we can get on the same page and determine an asset quality.Hint: the hood looks much better on a spreadsheet than up close in person.

And the consumer is spending this holiday season.

Spend a little more money than you might have been planning to, buy in a better area (i.e. not a “turn key” 100k house off the mls), and self manage.

Most will have large scale marketing engines where they spend thousands or tens of thousands a month, and operate or license time in call centers.