I do well, at least enough to go on vacations as a family, put money into high yield savings accounts, max out the ROTHs and add to investments when I can with money saved in savings and checking accounts.

Check out the Events and Meet Ups section for local events in your area.

They want to get a monthly check without having to work for it.

Looking for a gut check here because my CPA/tax guy is advising against dumping the brokerage account bc taxes, missed upside - but he also admits to not specializing in real estate asset/tax protection strategies.  

It's a competitive market and most of the people that get in trouble here are ones that buy blindly without actually figuring out the numbers, etc.You'd be surprised the number of times I get asked after month one if their electric bill of $xxx or whatever is normal, and the thought running through my head is "how did you not  check things like that before you committed half a million dollars to something?"

Check with your tax accountant.

Thank you for the suggestion on MiniStays we'll check it out!

If you have any intel (or leads), or even if you know a great source to check out, I’d love to hear from you. 

Lots of posts on different companies so be sure to check out what people have said about vendors you are considering doing business with.

You can also check meetup.com or search Facebook for real estate investment groups, clubs, or meetings in your area.You're feeling FOMO because you see people all over BP, YouTube, and Instagram bragging about their success.