It was musical chairs, the music stopped, and the market crashed. 

The music will stop someday. 

So imagine you hate your W2 but like REI, and maybe like playing music, well if you replace X% of your W2 with semi-active REI and then replace the other being a manager at Guitar Center.

The way you keep throwing around this word "exploit" seems a whole-heck-of-a-lot in the "socialistic" derogatory sense commonly used; As a verb, exploit commonly means to selfishly take advantage of someone in order to profit from them or otherwise benefit oneself.Now, I could say that the TENANT is exploiting the landlord, or the migrant Mexican Farmer is "exploiting" the U.S.

I've been listening to podcasts (even stopped listening to music) & even started 'The Real Estate Investment Binder'.. 

Your doctor said to do karaoke or sing the Sound of Music wearing goth clothing on the rooftop to calm all health problem.

If they are prone to violence, you let the eviction process take it's course.If they are typical druggies, you strap a 6 iron to your hip amd move in with them amd make loud noises all night long or all day long if they sleep at night, And you play loud musical compositions by Beethoven or Hank Williams 24/7.

Liquid capital is minimal right now and my income is from live music so not much to show.  

Hold a special broker preview, invite the best agents in your area  and cater it with great food and music. 

There are also those of us that used to did, sold and grabbed a chair while the music still played.