I'd like to think that I belong to a breed that you would not be embraced of or by :)

Also, be OK and embrace your lack of knowledge in all areas of the business - I find most individuals are more than willing to help you close the knowledge gap.

we run 2 REIC clubs in Southern Calif.we teach / train  - learn to embrace the competition - they truly are allies - they go into our network data base -we touch them 2 times per week via emailWe get a lot of deals from our like minded investors (competition) how??

If you just want to kill time or love looking at other people's homes, then these are in fact good agents to you.However if you want to hire someone to manage the process for you and keep it from consuming every weekend for six months, than you might want to look elsewhere.Understand this: It doesn't take a lot to become a real estate agent in most states (a $300 two week class in my state followed by a multiple choice test) so there are a lot of people who think they can hustle a get-rich-quick scheme without working (the bored housewife/starving waiter categories) and then there are people who have embraced real estate as a career.

@Adrian VegaTell the tenants to embrace that feeling.This is a business, run it like one, period.

I purchased my first rental almost 3yrs ago and really embraced the "a good rental will attract good tenants" mantra.

Great tenants, great properties, and the city is really embracing it as far as regulation. 

And although its difficult for me to let go; I am getting better at it, and I am learning to embrace the need for physical & mental well being as a higher priority. 

Achieving people embrace it and focus on learning the lesson from it.

@George Skelton you are going to find that many people will recommend talking to a CPA or Lawyer about this, and it is not because we don't want to help, but more that each scenario is different based upon strategy, local and state laws, just to name a few.I experience the same road blocks and trying to figure it all out and what it comes down to is there is no set blueprint to doing REI; once you embrace this logic the sooner you can more on to becoming wealthy.