Do not spend any more money on wholesale courses.

- Say you decided not to go all in on real estate, do you have confidence that your current nest egg would be enough to protect your retirement spend?

Especially #4 about durability.Do you charge your clients a flat fee based on size/price per sqft for your services, or % of spend?  

It's not fool proof but I've weeded out a lot of people this way without spending money for marketing. 

This is the BEST $100 you will ever spend, and if you listen to Amanda Han's tax book, you'll know it's also likely a business expense for you to write off :) https://biggerpockets.supercast.com/My perfect way to learn from the BP books is to listen to the audio book through the subscription above, then books that really stand out to me I go old school and get the physical copy so that I can re-read it, take notes in the margins, and put post it notes so key points are easier for me to re-reference in the future.

When something goes into default, like this property has has, I have little to no control yet assumed a lot of risk. 

They are far better at tenant selection than the average landlord that screens a few people per year.Efficient Rent Collection & Enforcement: I spend a ridiculous amount of time answering questions from investors that have no idea how to handle late rent, unpaid rent, and other pay issues.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

Write it up to an education, spend some time sharpening your support team (particularly in the trades) and start thinking about how you can do it again!

I know it is expected that you will need to spend some money after someone moves out but I just didn't expect I was going to need to spend appx. $10k to get it rental-ready.