But given that you have a 10 year time-horizon and a buy and hold mentality. don't be afraid to pull the trigger and fast!

4 hour work week by Ferriss has lots of good stuff, but dangerous stuff alsoI am old school, and there are many many lessons the young people need to learn to be financially free, not only financially, emotionally and mentally alsoMost I presume are not schooled in Wall Street with derivatives and upper echelons of financeMost are not sophisticated enough to start corporations, investment firms, syndications etcIf you are average blue collar dude, with vision , passion, willing to work, you can make it and be financially free, beating the frigin systemBe careful what you read and listen to, and it's ******** to think you will work only 4 hours a week and be successfulMaybe eventually, but like rich dad says, when your assets begin paying for your desiresDanny Peavey

"Several important factors boosting rental demand include later marriage age, increased single-headed households, longer delay in having children, millennial and baby boom lifestyle shifts toward urban living.

You have mentally been thrown in the garbage can because you have not come through for them. 

A successful real estate career is consists of many different parts. some Investors need to know what a Realtor does and at the same time a Realtor needs to have an investor mentality.

Mental Note:  They are not in a position to get blood from said rock.  

I plan on being much more strategic about my investing instead of going with the herd mentality when I worked at a firm, which was just get properties on the board asap.

Unless they have a long-standing business mentality to build on that on their own, they won't last.

Hi @Curtis Curley I really like your discipline and where you're heading mentally to get yourself financially free.

Artificially low interest rates have boosted the values of all income producing assets and properties (across all industries) while investors accept lower and lower returns due to the extended availability of cheap, cheap money.