I am good at what I do and the skills developed align perfectly with debt investing.

I have great saling skills, marketing skills, people skills, listening & leadership skills so I'm sure I will enjoy this Field!

Take that knowledge and become confident in yourself and utilize your skills to advance your REI career. 

This is vital when developing or investing in an existing hotel asset. 

That may not be true for a specific area or specific experts who are extraordinarily lucky or exceptionally skilled investors.What @Andrew Martin said is a great truth. 

That's why a stable base income is vital to an agents longevity.

Whomever does this will need a strong stomach and property management skills. 

My goals are hopefully pretty modest.....maybe ultimately 2 deals per year, as I work full time.I admit, that my knowledge is strongly focused on the nuts-and-bolts of the business.....design/construction/skilled trades.....and so I'm on here, trying to enhance my ability to bird dog deals as well as finance them.I've done a little research, and there's a fella buying distressed properties here and there in town, at roughly half of county tax assessment value (which seems to be roughly 80% of actual market value), then mortgaging the very same day at about assessment value.....then rehabbing and reselling within a few months.

Yes there are exceptions and every deal is different but the point is that ground up vs revenue management require two very different skill sets.

Those younger workers don't get broken in to basic jobs skills early.