Weighing in late to the party, but I'll throw my hat in the ring: It depends.Bottom Line up Front: For the median person making $54k a year there is a lot to be said for forgoing the 401k and investing solely in RE.

Hats off to you and I'm sure you will crush it because doing so puts you that much farther ahead!

She has jumped on with me again and checking out properties for me.Another big drawback, I want to spend time with my wife and boys but there is only so much hours in a day and you gotta to juggle and balance around putting various hats - Job, RE Brokerage, REI Mentoring, Rehabs and Kids stuff..

If the economy tanks and banks go under, you have to run hat in hand to the FDIC, which is also poorly funded. 

The last scene PT Barnum hands his hat and staff to his partner and says "I'll be watching my children grow up"...

Those are just of a dozen or more questions that are confusing to answer because it is confusion to distinguish between what hat to where and when.I hope these thoughts are helpful, Jason!

Thats right, I'm back, again, ready to infuriate some more of the tinfoil-hat-brigade and their desperate pleas that the sky is falling and we all must sell everything now for half of it's value or else as we will all be living on ramen and rats in the coming months. 

Just throw your hat into a deal as soon as you can calculate all the numbers and feel good to go.

I will bring the party hats!

One broker can only hang their hat at one business from what I understand.