They yield results, but I understand a lot of other people have jobs where they cannot spend so much time on their listings. 

While I don't object to spending money to do one's due diligence, I don't know if $500 is called for when you can get very high quality syndication groups/meetups/information for free.

Typically a new roof only makes sense to protect the asset.

By the time I retire, I want to have enough rental properties to have financial independence to enjoy my hobbies and enjoy spending time with my family and watch my children grow up.

Hope to spend more time here in retirement.

Don't spend your time with other agents as a focus. 

I grew up around a “grind” mentality, and my family members seemed to spend all the money they made.

@Laura YelinI’ve never been, but when considering new markets I usually just fly there and spend a few days there scoping it out.

Given his spending habits during his first term, it might be a wash.Costs to build new properties will probably increase.

I think the reason that Grocapitus or Neal Bawa were not getting much response either speaks to their level of participation in BP (Neal obviously doesn't spend much time here), or the fact that unhappy LPs were shy, or happy LPs were shy, or BP does a poor job of really getting posts noticed.