I listened to him and I thank my stars every day that I did.  20 years later you wouldn't believe what that account looks like. 

I'm more in favor of using my "WHY" as my North star for driving incremental decisions as opposed to a distant finite number where I consider myself to have "made it".

Quote from @Bruce Woodruff: Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: maybe make it like a Lenders license I have U have full fbi criminal and personal financial and credit report.. does not mean you have to be super star but just cant be bad.To get my GC in Cali, I had to do a full fingerprinting and state and federal background check.

Ignored how sleezy place looked, ignored the 1.3 star review score, Seri said so..... 

." - Obi-Wan KenobiAm I quoting Star Wars on a real estate forum?

And you find a young and up coming RE star and you can change their life..

ANd for me its really just relating my personal experiences in many types of real estate endeavors i have been in over the last 4 decades.. does not make me a super star in any way shape or form..

The other group are the rock stars at their job that work each day to be their best at everything they do, but know they can do more and look to real estate because of the potential it offers.  

----A byproduct of this is younger black children will see more black-owned entrepreneurs (that aren't sports or music stars). 

  ( I wont elaborate I just hope you take this at heart and read it) .Other than that I dont have much to say because every case is different and every couple have their own personal struggles, though this guys ( IAN LOBAS)  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianrlobas/ is a ROCK STAR on this topic and is also an RE Investor.