I had a few tenants e-sign 6 documents with multiple pages in a couple minutes and realized they did not read any of it! 

I have more than enough private investors willing to pour their money in and I realize that there are diminishing returns when considering time spent looking for deals or deal finders and the amount of deals I close.I'm a real believer of the Pareto law which states that 20% of effort leads to 80% of results.

I wanted to get in on the ground level with the hopes of growing with their brand new education company but quickly saw how they operate and realized that’s not what I wanted.

I've realized how much I'd like to spend time with my wife and have time for our kids one day.

These investors were looking for Passive income, but they didn’t realize they had to fill the role as an Investment banker and they didn’t have the skill set or systems to do that.  

I realize the RE world is vast and full of scams, jargoned underwriting, salespeople, and crooks.

While preferred returns sound appealing, they are often not realized as monthly cash flow.

Like you mentioned , the prices are going down because a lot of people thought you could just buy a property and slap it on airbnb , expecting it to rent well without doing improvements , not realizing that the market would be overstaturated with " C and D " quality properties ( A+ are the properties i'm speaking of)I'm seeing that you can buy those type properties( A+ potential) that have simply been under utilized and 1.

realize that inspectors feel they must find something.- i suspect you will learn a lot.  

The negotiations were tough because after we opened escrow we realized it had five different owners with five different titles.