Submitted the paperwork and blood and urine samples to BP.

Does the IRS really have the ability to get blood out of a stone?

The largest benefit is that it's a game that forces you to be with someone for a few hours where you also get a chance to keep the blood flowing (walking, swinging, etc) which keeps you calm.

Some of my family members have RE investment properties and I guess it's in my blood!

I did pick up the name of one the other day at the docs, the lady drawing my blood and I started talking and she has some friends that want to get into rehabbing. 

I don't get the culture or the old southern blue bloods.

If you won’t invest when times are doing really good then what makes you think you’ll have the guts to do it when the bottom falls out and there’s blood in the streets ?

Investors who've been buying since the 80's (treasury rates >14%.5 top tick) or new blood that started buying post GFC (2009-2012) think they can't lose - since their investment has (essentially) been buoyed by asset inflation tied to declines in treasury yields --> interest rates --> cap rates --> increasing govt intervention/QE/debt monetization.One of the key implicit assumptions of the bulletproof BRRR model (which so many people here swear by) - is that interest rates will always and forever continue to decline.

IT is in my blood.

. $10k now days is nearly same as $0.00, so for any and all asking "can I start doing REI with _____" correct that question to ask the reality "am I willing to do what it takes of me TO start doing REI, all the blood sweat tears and frustration?"