The owner knows this boosts his business and therefore allows Billy to share in the profit from the intangibles that he brings to the show with the .25 cent wage premium. 

You just totally boosted my excitement for this next chapter.

it's a business book but helps give the right mentality for tackling real estate and setting up systems.Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

In "Skid Row", there were usually several kinds of apts for the homeless or very low wage persons including "SROs (Single Room Occupancy)" and Flop Houses.Back then, you could have lived in one of these "SROs" by working in some menial task that didn't require any skills such as loading and unloading trucks, etc.They didn't care if you were mentally ill or physically disabled or need medical attention.

I’m have the goal to get additional licenses next year to boost my resume.

Being cashflow negative or cashflow 0 for years is not only brutal financially but brutal mentally. 

A college education used to be a special thing to boost your resume, now it's just a standard expected thing.

None of that matters unless you find a deal and you will just be spending time, mental energy doing research that you cannot use yet.There are many many ways that you can go about finding deals.

Next buying a home for $50k in almost any city will most likely cost you more then double in maintenance costs, vacancy, and most importantly mental stress and your lost time.

One great tip is using move in fees vs deposits; move in fees go into your operating account & boost your bottom line, vs a deposit which sits in escrow until it's refunded.For the past two years, I have been focusing about 50/50 between real estate investing and my other profession as a health/life insurance broker.