Louis since it involves a lot of risk and demands a healthy amount of experience to navigate. 

Money comes and goes, but your health is most important.

I also will have a healthy six figure income this year but next year I plan on retiring, so it makes more sense to have gains due 2020 instead of 2019.

This is where your attorney will earn his big bucks hopefully to save more of yours.This is like an Onion that from far away looks healthy and strong.

I look at a lot of IT careers like getting on a treadmill on a healthy 8 or 10% incline and cranking the speed up. 

You will learn so much from buying a small SFR or duplex and renting it out, and with a smaller amount of up-front cash, you won't plunge too far if the deal goes south.I believe I could have purchased 2-3 times as many properties in my first year as I did, but I am trying to build a slow, steady portfolio that grows at a healthy, sustainable pace.

I guess my question is this:  Should scheduling family time take a back seat when starting out or should you start out scheduling family time because it is a healthy habit you should adopt right from the start?  

There are no guidelines other than a little healthy sense and good negotiating skills.

I have a loan of $190k and its worth two months ago based on an appraisal of $300kI love being able to have healthy back and forth conversations with everyone and love hearing different opinions!!

I saw a number of folks with performing balloon loans that were told to take a hike by their banks in 2008 when the banks didn't want to renew their performing loan, and they lost their properties and equity.Another point of healthy conservatism is to always assume zero NOI increases and market value appreciation in your initial purchase projections.