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Let's break down a realistic timeline for building your REI business without burning out or risking your day job.  

They've probably been burned before. 

So yes, you can have solid concrete walls, it's still going to burn down.I have read that worst case up to 80 million Americans will relocate in the next three decades.

So shift your expectations to most of the cash out and you'll be good and you'll actually start buying deals, versus people who wait for the perfect deal, spin their wheels for 6 months terminating contracts/analyzing hundreds of places, and then eventually burn out and give up. 

I finished all the degree requirements only to discover I was extremely burned out and had to complete another year of electives to satisfy a minimum number of credits at that university.

Even if buying a property Subto in GA and you live in FL, you could miss something and the whole deal does a "crash and burn".

Know your #'s, cut the fat, focus on quality. 

Your comment does bias me slightly in favor of Indy, since at least we're talking about a manageable car ride.That said, I'd love to know the biggest mistakes you've seen - how do neophytes typically "crash and burn?"

But a few guests are going to burn you.