Took about half a year to learn how to walk, talk and even eat again, but bounced back to my love for real estate investing and the two things that transitioned me from just wholesaling to actually buying deals as an investor was creative finance and private money.Bought my first rental property in Easley, S.C. owner finance and one of my best rentals I still own today was bought subject-to! 

I inherited a property with two tenants who don’t pay rent.

I have a bit of a soft spot for the area as a UF grad, and I still come back to the area every year or two. 

To get those hours, maybe turn one or two into medium term rentals (you want the average stays to be over 7 days so they don't fall into STR status) which would give her more to do, particularly in the first year of furnishing them and getting everything set up.Alternatively, she maybe she could manage the properties but also get her RE license and try to sell a house or two a year - go to lots of open houses or run them for other agents?

Each property has two savings accounts - security deposit & reserves, and one checking - mortgage payments and utilities 

While I agree a lot of $ flows thru US, its still the everyday middle class person that drives the economy.I read two interesting datapoints today:1.

I have two great deals.

For example, I own two large multifamily buildings, and when I tried to get a tax exemption for them, I had different experiences.

@Geoff Engel I'm 42 with two tweens and got started on the FI journey about 10 years ago.

I started off with 3 houses on a lot and another house two lots down.