Well except the airplane of course. 

How about giving us the story on why an Airplane Structure Test Engineer moves into rental property investing?

I've been a consultant myself and can tell you the hours are crazy and that you'll probably be living on an airplane!

I remember sitting on an airplane, writing our a silly business that looked very similar to yours in many ways.16 years and $50M of real estate later I can tell you - no easy answers but this ain't the way to do it.Stop thinking about the money.

Sometimes I get Business Personal Property (BPP) like boats, trailers and airplanes because that's what's in the county records.

Wht I've come to realize myself is that I prefer to earn money flying airplanes then invest that in a more passive manner.   

This will probably be during long road/airplane trips over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend.

Cirrus SR 22  I had just bought an NBA basketball players 3/4 finished mansion in Portland Oregon put 1 million into finishes and sold it first day on market for 5 million.. we made    well we made a bunch let me put it that way.. so even though I had owned many airplanes over the years they were used and under 100k each.. this was brand new and I went to the factory In Duluth MN spent a week on transition training and flew it home to Portland  9 hours Hobbs time.  

Once you find those positives, it's not that difficult to get on an airplane, and go see the people/operations that you want to do business with. 

Cara this is where many people who start in real estate then decide they want to sell their rentals and if their rentals are in a non appreciating market.. the investor can end up selling for what they paid for the property lose money on the sales commission then have to pay tax on the recapture... so once folks start loading up on rentals they need to understand if they buy in historic non depreciating markets exit is tough.. and you are in the for long haul  IE give the properties to your kids or heirs at step up basis.this happens to us who buy airplanes big time.. you go to sell it and like a used car a used airplane will drop in value about 30 to 50% then hold for many many years.. so when you buy new and take that great accelerated depreciation you need to recapture it and its a huge hit.. ergo you trade up and buy a JET thats why there are so many private jets..