I started working on a plan on how I can make real estate my full time lifestyle.

Yes, network with local STR owners & be proactive, show up at town meetings, educate the rule makers, or your way of making a living will be no longer.

My passions are traveling, filmmaking, and creating programs for the inner-city youth.

Now that we are ready to make real estate our full time occupation we wanted to have a plan that would get us the most money up front as possible but also allowed us to buy and hold properties that made sense financially.  

Since then I have worked for millwork and casework companies as a custom impact and design pressure rated (hurricane rated) door maker, production manager as well as a draftsman and project engineer.

There can also be an expectation in married couples that the guys are the real decision makers.  

If rhd1707 can make real estate investing work you can do it to.Since you are looking to do one deal at a time you will find a way.

If buying using a realtor, you should make it a goal to do no worse than that "1% rule", since properties that meet the "1% rule" usually are fortunate to break even AT BEST.The advice of the other posts is well worth pondering before you engage in a transaction that isn't a money-maker.

I learned to find and make real estate deals from Pete Vekselman and Jeff Warneke (his then partner) back in the early 2000's.  

She is going to verify actually numbers & her interest rate & payments.Insurance- $160Taxes- $86Principal/Interest- $710@Jason Hirko house was repaired to make rent ready.