I work full time as a registered nurse.

Worked 2-3 jobs as pharmacist and nurse for over 15 yrs to pay off our buildings in 15 years and rehab almost everything.

I was an ER nurse for years and I don’t care how many sweet stories you hear about pits.

Much less time and money invested, much less effort put out and a much smaller payday because of it.People that are good bird dogs are people like mail carriers since they know who is not picking up their mail and might have an abandoned property, bus drivers especially school bus drivers that will go through residential neighborhoods and can see distressed properties all day, people that work in nursing homes (pre-probate list...), firefighters to see places with lots of superficial fire damage, the super chatty soccer mom that is in everyones business and can tell you anything about anyone in their neighborhood, etc.

@Keith A.I’m a registered nurse and I work ‘per Diem.’

I am lucky to have a good wife and a good rich friend who has helped me for over five years for paying, among other things, for my private nurse that I have had for over five years.  

We were able to to both retire early - my husband at 58 (from Shell Oil) and me at 59 (Nursing Professor).

I am currently in Boston as a travel nurse but when I visit Philly, I will definitely join a group.

However I do fall under the lower income exception.I rent half the home to traveling nurses who are booking for 3 month stays at the moment.

You'll always be competing with every retired nurse and stay-at-home mom and every other guy with 40 hours to take the class.