Be patient, ask a lot of questions, read a lot of books, listen to a lot of Podcasts, attend your local Meet Ups and Investment Club meetings and thru it all you will find a mentor and build your team.

The stories of doctors who are actually dangerous to their patients are rampant. 

You hopefully have a friend that is close enough and looking to gain nothing but the satisfaction of helping a friend. 

For some people they might continue doing it regardless of money and keep going just for satisfaction, interaction with coworkers, feeling like they're making a difference, etc. 

I think it will be next to impossible to prove to the IRS's satisfaction that you worked more on RE than you did in your regular job without having extensive records to prove it.  

I'm just waiting patiently...it's only a matter of time I think.Hoping to hear from anyone with thoughts on the Bronx....there seem to be some decent deals there but I'm just not at all familiar.

I truly believe that being strict and implementing extensive tenant screening, remaining patient and placing the right person not just anyone can make or break your investment.It is so refreshing to see so many #TeamTurnkey members :)

I'm trying to decide whether to sell and reinvest the cash from a few of my rentals since the market went up faster than expected, or if I should cash out/mortgage the homes and put the money in a high yield account I have and patiently wait for the right deals. 

I made up the back payments and reinstated the loan and patiently waited until this nice couple moved out at the end of month.

I guess my question for you and  @Jason Ginesis is more if do you wait patiently for those houses that fit that ideal criteria and make an offer immediately, focus on finding the coals that really are diamonds like the 2 star 5 caps that are really 3 star 7 caps as you mention, or focus on higher risk for higher returns?