This year is this one self called "data" agent that was written about in the NYT and now in this article about the all of the IPO money will drive up property prices.

With that said, I absolutely believe education oneself is REALLY important.

Currently, I have one self-starter, go getter agent who I work really well with.  

Another I idea I was toying with, is to pay property management fees to one-self (I manage properties myself) which can be (to a large degree) allocated to a solo 401k (because this is the part of business that qualify you as Solo proprietor)Let me know if I am dreaming here .. or being terminally confused

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Not only should you have reserves before quitting the 9-5 job, you should have them for each and every investment, (regardless if you work or do REI full time) so during an occurance of an unexpected large or even small expense, you have $ in reserves to fall back on, and not use your cash flow to pay for it.This is a simple strategy to avoid over-extending oneself in REI.

Preparing one self for a repeat because that had been the concerns and warnings of a reinstated similar potential, which thankfully did not come to pass. 

Maybe it's the newbie investor not conducting the due diligence or worse, not educating oneself to see those red flag deals.Unfortunately, this is not what seasoned investors are searching for who are typically flippers.Now with that said, there are investors who may exceed +/- the 70% rule.

Those 4 options listed on the post mean nothing compared to investing in oneself.

Don't pass up this "opportunity".Tough love part...college and fully supporting oneself is not an easy path but it's also not unusual.