Also, Hal has some good suggestions like brushing your teeth right away and others.Highly recommend that book!

Most "investors" I meet at local meet ups have never gotten started because they are waiting for that perfect property to appear where it is turn-key, under market value, and will produce $200 p/door and at least 15% COC ROI and they do not need to do anything and can just lay on the beach and collect monthly checks.The thing to me is that you need to hit consecutive singles and grind your teeth in order to get that home run ball.

Cut my teeth in the 90's and early 2000's with Tech, built and sold a few tech companies.

However, since the NNN leases are usually very long term (20 yrs) and sometimes without rent increases, they are very sensitive to interest fluctuations.  

Money has  always an extremely sensitive subject matter throughout my childhood years since we didn't have much of it. 

Jeff Kehl Awesome summary, thank you for your contribution to this oh so sensitive topic.

Currently it is 1:15 am and we just put our daughter down for the 3rd time tonight (cutting teeth).

You need to be a little less sensitive and try to not feel you need to defend your philosophy for saving money.You want to save money I want my money to earn it's keep.

I made up a saying some time ago.. ad it goes something like this.A cornered mouse will grow teeth!

The reason I am so sensitive to water/sewer is because my water bill averages about $1,800 per month. ( I have a corporate client which leases 20 of my 39 apartments and they have dozens of people cycling in and out of several of those apartments, showering, cooking around the clock.