@William Pickett maybe try looking for an agent or broker who needs an assistant to perform some real-estate related jobs to free them up to grown their business... it will be a good way to learn and earn at the same time and hours are usually flexible.

Since then my confidence as a landlord and investor has grown exponentially.

I do believe Houma would be a good place for investors, it has grown significantly in the past few years ,even bringing in new companies during the recession, and continues to show a solid growth rate.Thanks for the responses and advice I appreciate everyone's time.

Because we have grown enough and have enough properties f&c, we are moving in this direction but I have enough insurance that I feel very comfortable existing on a day to day basis. 

I got started house hacking a duplex, and since then we've grown to about 40 buy-and-hold units. 

Central Florida home-grown.

None have the courage to aggressively invest after having grown up through the most recent recession.

If you sell outright, you owe taxes on that $350k (let's assume 15%, so $52,500) and you owe 25% of whatever depreciation deductions you've taken over the past ten years (note: the IRS doesn't care if you actually take those deductions, they'll come for their 25% either way, because you could have taken them, so take them).Instead, you and your spouse move into the property and live there until 2032, your gain has grown to $360k.

I had always wanted to flip a house but the beer and hot wings were my priority in these daysBy the time I had lived there a couple years I had changed jobs and received a promotion that took me to Mobile, AL so I sold the house and got a check for $25k at closing, my initial $10k down payment had grown into $25k and I was ecstatic!  

Paid off house has only grown $12000 vs $36000 on the leveraged properties.