You basically only need to know how to operate a mouse to play the game, because the first couple of hours don't require any ability to diagnose problems with the house.The most positive thing I can say about the game is that it's very drunk person friendly if you're like me and tend to prefer games with competition but don't want to derank if you've been drinking.

Play the long game!

I'm definitely not going to play the GC or take on any of that liability or time commitment, I'm more so looking to know the right people for the task who themselves carry licenses and liability insurance.

But you likely cannot play the long game that institutional investors can. 

There are all kinds of ways to play the real estate game. 

Then we reverse engineered that process as a starting point.And yes, those ugly P&L statements you see tell the story of PM's that play the system and play their landlords eventually putting them out of business.

If you play the odds, someone is bound to like what you have to say and do business with you!

I wish I knew earlier that I should have done it instead of trying to play the stock market for the first few years.

I don't normally like to play the blame game.

So short of total economic and social collapse where nothing will matter but guns and food and fuel, we have to play the game.