As a "part time" agent that has the goal to be full time, I'm noticing it is very time and energy intensive in order to make real money.

Even people that make really good money can be in debt.

J & K Home Makers. 

We look to ease that burden, and help prevent indoor accidents, by having fencing in the back yard so the tenant can just open the back door to let doggie out whenever, come back in when finished, no big deal.It seems like a good amount of houses we look at already have a fully fenced backyard or are 3/4 fenced and we can just quick add in a bit of chain link with a gate and good to go.

Put this all together and now it is likely your personal residence SF would actually be your biggest money maker.

I still keep in contact with both instructors - they're smart, knowledgeable, and in my opinion, do it because they enjoy teaching, not because it's a big money maker.

I don't disagree with most of what the original post says... but I will throw out a little counterpoint to the group:I am here to tell you that you can certainly make real estate work just fine with C class properties in average areas where you are aiming for cash flow.  

As @Allen Duan mentioned, construction workers can be really, really hard on your property - both indoors and outdoors.

Hello,  Is anyone currently investing in Door County Wisconsin?  

Who would have figured the guv would bail out stock market investors and make RE investors rich.