That’s fine, it’s your reality, embrace it, and adjust course.

So I am actually looking for ways to embrace and amplify the small guy status.  

Embrace it! 

I embrace my fears and the fact that failure is part of learning.

So while I have no experience with DC laws, I will say embrace the pro-landlord laws.

Educational Systems that have a clear learning path of instruction (curriculum per-say) and cover, without bias or prejudice, a variety of aspects within the Industry should be embraced and not bashed as I have seen in forums across the spectrum IMHO.Webinars, Forums, Books, Podcasts and Spreadsheets all have their place in the knowledge arena, as when you stop looking for knowledge you are pretty much done, yet I do question the timing of each in an individual’s learning curve.Now I know there are individuals that don't believe Real Estate can be a risky business, and I tend to strongly disagree with those individuals, but in the end...the more you know, the more you allow yourself to grow and the more tools you have available to you when the time is right...the better off you will be in anything in the long run, not just Real Estate.

There's folks in one camp that thumb their noses at formal education, believing it's a comparative waste of time, and those in the other that embrace it almost exclusively.

This will happens as more technically-oriented people start to take the helm and embrace solutions that allow better collaboration via the Internet.

One item that many property investors either fully embrace or completely ignore is the importance of which form is the liability coverage coming from. 

Welcome TamelaIt is always a pleasure to see graduates such as yourself embrace real estate investing as a part time or full time endeavor.