As a new real estate investor you have to establish some business goals, if you want to treat it as a business and not a hobby.  

Both careers would see a sharp short term income loss, but once i'm established the money i'll make ought to be comprable to my next year income.

(Only if you are SERIOUS about real estate as your wealth/career vehicle.)Make sure you join a brokerage that is large, established, and has a reputation for top performance and excellent training.Once you learn the basics and get out into the field to see the state of the market, you'll learn the price points and be able to know a good/great deal when you stumble across it.I have made some of my best (most lucrative) buys from meeting with a seller who wants to list, and when we discussed the price, I knew it fit my parameters, so I bought it! 

But that's me.To answer your question, I'm not in the business of recycling dirty money but I think it's pretty well known and established the the proceeds for criminality and the drug trade is invested in all sort of business, especially real estate.

They cannot arbitrarily make wild gambles because they feel like it - they have to operate within established risk parameters that are approved by several regulatory bodies and internal controls.

This can be used to eliminate most gains of a long hold highly appreciated rental asset through 1031 + primary resident conversion to establish a more favorable ratio. 

I often do this when I'm trying to connect with someone on LinkedIn: I try to find out if we have any mutual connections and lead with that in my message to establish some rapport. 

Established, mostly-German automotive technology coincided with the development of large-scale mass production techniques and a manure-pollution crisis in burgeoning U.S. cities to create massive demand for his product.

I am speaking to you from experience 20 properties later, yes it is ok sometimes to overpay but once you are established and have a decent sized portfolio which could balance out any potential pitfalls.

I understand fast solutions have slow problems.If I'm myself, I continue to lean into REI via BRRRs in growing areas of buying established but undervalue in very good areas to keep it a growing % of my portfolio.