What it does also is free my mind and time to focus with precision on the business side of real estate while being Active Duty military. 

You're investing, which is precisely what I recommend people do.

I bring the same discipline and precision from my athletic career into real estate.

@Andrew Johnson Great advice - I totally agree, precisely why I'm on the forum.

Not sure exactly what you asking here... the average is what is often skewed... the median indicates the most precise central tendency.If this data set represented the after tax pay of residents in the city of Smallville, notice how 1 through 6 are sort of in the same range, but 7 and 8 materially different. 

I love real estate precisely because of the control it gives me, and the monthly income.

Funny how the same people who will occasionally play the lotto would scold their children exceedingly if they looked in their rear view mirror of the car and witnessed their kid throw a dollar bill out the back window but is precisely what they are doing every time they play .

@Joe Scaparra That's precisely why my goal is to start a PM company myself, then expand outwards and slowly reduce the time that I need to spend on it.

Tenants divorced and one decided to stay, this took place precisely at the time of lease renewal.

You have to be there to be on top of things yourself, or you'll be taking a very long ride on the broke train sooner rather than later.That last paragraph pretty much summed it up precisely.