I've been reading as much as possible about REI and decided I wanted to go with a long term rental strategy in an effort to leave my job as a police officer in six years.  My goal is to replace my income with rental i...

I would like to keep the momentum going and get more active.

About 1/3 of the deals fall through at their end because people "have stuff happen" in their lives like Job Loss, Lose Momentum getting credit cleaned up, Medical Issues, Divorce, "Changed their mind", Don't REALLY want to be home owners, etc.

I'm struggling to keep the momentum going and have not found anything to purchase this year.

If you are true investor whether it's stock market or real estate, you need to look long term to really reap rewards until you are momentum investor or day trader or seasonal REI. 

I recently went to see one - ~560 sqft selling at $289,000 (The Charlie West development by Momentum Developments). 

Owning my house and art studio would be a dream come true and put momentum in the right direction for me long term. 

You are a real estate investor who has momentum from buying a duplex.

Keep the momentum going.

Of course some of us (looking at you Jay...ok, me too ;) aren't just in this to create retirement income, this is a career, so there's more of a cyclic, upward momentum where leverage and cash purchases each play a part.