So even starting out a step ahead of others, it still takes a long time, blood, sweat, and tears.If you're looking for reasonable time lines for someone who isn't currently involved in real estate (and I admittedly don't know your full story either, so maybe you are involved with real estate in some fashion currently), I'd say it'll take 12 years to build a solid business you can live off of, if you did it 24/7/365 for all of those years. 

Anyone can get high blood lead levels, the law only specifies under 6 because it affects the developing brain more severely then a it affects a fully developed brain.

I don't generally find it advantageous to try to squeeze every drop of blood out of a rock, as you then start pushing up vacancy rates, having much fewer qualified tenants, etc. 

I'm in New Berlin right now which is a bit too rich for my blood at this point, but it got me considering Milwaukee more if I found a better neighborhood that had a bit cheaper homes.

A lot of buyers are sharks and when they smell blood, they attack.

Looking back, they weren't so ridiculous,but I learned how to better assess estimates as we put in blood, sweat, and tears ourselves so that was worth it.

Before the show starts I circulate the other vendors and try to recruit them to send me anyone who mentions selling their property.  

I could barely understand what was going on, but I could feel my blood rushing through my veins as he announced my target was next.

It's been so much hard work because we've done all of the labor ourselves. 15 weeks of working 6 days a week, 8 hours a day, neglecting home responsibilities, blood, sweat, and tears! 

I agree about the blood...and the debt after retirement...which is why I mentioned NNN as the vehicle.