It just isn't diverse enough for my tastes, I'd rather overpay for a more stable market.

I got a taste of that in the insurance business. 

We don't go crazy with disposable income because we never did earlier in life, and we both have pretty simple tastes so it's easy for us not to get a new car every 2 years (I'm in the car business and don't like cars).

The key here, is tasteful.

Kinda leaves a bad taste.

Yes, the first is more work and harder but the good taste the right deal will leave in that investor's mind will bring him back to us for more transactions in the future. 

Modern yet classic describes my tastes exactly!

In my opinion, the best way to start off is with a househack to get familiar with common property repairs and get a taste of what being a landlord is.

That post you shared was super interesting, my main take away is that these guys are legit, just had some struggles with their sales process and it left some sensitive people with a bad taste in their mouth. 

I mean it).You have never tasted true lead generation and you honestly think that this is the way to do it.