By the time I retire, I want to have enough rental properties to have financial independence to enjoy my hobbies and enjoy spending time with my family and watch my children grow up.

Don't spend your time with other agents as a focus. 

Hope to spend more time here in retirement.

Maybe he's already charging above-market rates and needs to adjust expectations.I don't see the justification for spending $12,000 to install electric baseboard in four apartments.

Every time I change cleaners, I spend at least 3-5 hours retraining on my processes and expectations and even then things are missed.

We don’t use the 70% rule for anything except to decide if we’re going to look at the deal… and even then we just want to see if it’s close before we spend time running numbers.

I guess I'm not surprised, but how disrespectful.What I picture in a commercial wholesaling business is an individual who spends years building relationships with actually owners.

Given his spending habits during his first term, it might be a wash.Costs to build new properties will probably increase.

@Laura YelinI’ve never been, but when considering new markets I usually just fly there and spend a few days there scoping it out.

I agree that some groups take the money making aspect to far and are simply taking advantage of enthusiastic newbies.The two groups I spend most of my time at now are not REIAs, The BWI Meetup and a group of landlords that get together for a casual lunch once a week.