As far as a safety issue - pack heat and be trained and proficient in using it.

Since you are a casual landlord who never intended to originally become a landlord and because you only have a couple units you're never going to get enough experience to become proficient and therefore are more likely to experience negative tenant situations. 2.

Increasing income could entail anything from changing jobs for better pay, becoming more proficient or expert and valuable in whatever you do to earn a living, to changing careers and or acquiring more skills and knowledge through education.  

It didn't happen over night, but I focused on it and got really proficient at it.  

It can happen but there could be 2 to 3 dozen more things in between you need to be proficient in.

Otherwise you believe someone who got their real estate license this morning can do as proficient a job as you can right now without any experience!

Good question for your accountant, who should be very proficient with Section 469 of the IRS code.

I highly recommend fund and grow and we are very pleased with Brandon's proficiency. 

But he started from scratch, and had to work up to it and was very proficient and efficient.

I got licensed originally just to do my own deals, because I could not find an agent who knew more than I did.Agents who close 24+ deals per year are getting proficient.