I was buying 3 to 5 appliances a year but that has slowed down lately. 

Slowed me down a little but the job got done 

Still waiting to hear back from him, but his work will include: repairing a few sections of roof, reshingling one side of the mansard roof, metal capping all window trim, replacing a few broken window sashes, getting screens made for all windows, routing gutters to the appropriate drains.Progress has been slow because I only get a few hours in a few days per week after my school day.

The best advice I can give to people is go slow and steady.

The please do not do as I did lessons in all of this are : Go slow- I didn't wait long enough to figure out that it was or wasn't working before I bought 7 more properties and suddenly was in it for 15 units. 

These types of things may slow up probate.

I'm more than knowledgeable and experienced but its been a slow start. 

There is the local landlord association but I quit going because it was a little slow for me.  

It's the best way to slow down the process, piss off the borrower, and have title giving you the negative feedback you seem to be receiving at this point as a "newbie".

While a Roth IRA allows you to withdraw your initial investment anytime, since you already paid taxes on these funds, you generally can't withdraw any profits or traditional IRA contributions until age 59 ½.