If you have the Drive, Desire, Passion, and Perseverance without a PLAN B, and you have the lovely people here on Bigger Pockets to shorten that learning curve, and you truly have a school of knowledge and answers right at your fingertips; Why Not quit your job and go for it? 

The problem with public forums is that anyone can be an expert and give really bad suggestions and advice.BTW, point and post ratios are an indication, but you also have to consider the audience and popularity of posters, takes time to learn that and that having less than a 50% ratio, like .48 can indicate that poster may make a lot of one liner posts or some may have fire from there fingertips, doesn't mean they don't know what they are talking about. :)  

Just have to get the marketing engine (my fingertips) going!

Instead, they can achieve the American dream at an extremely young age by using resources at their fingertips.

But with so many resources at our fingertips about how to do deals with "No or Low Money Down" (Brandon!)

Convenience for all who live there to have everything at there fingertips.

With all you have learned and the info you have at your fingertips here on BP, I'm sure you could figure out how to carefully select your next tenant.  

From reading the informative forums to connecting with other real estate investors, you have all you need at your fingertips.

Do this simple (but not easy) task and you'll develop a "finger tip feel" for what a good sponsor/deal looks like.Sources for deals: bigger pockets, crowdfunding sites, google/research.

Both types tend to have a lot of knowledge at their fingertips, and by virtue of their willingness to teach America's youth they have a demonstrated interest in passing that on.I would imagine that your ideal contact would be a recently retired guy who still knows all the local codes, processes, etc., who would enjoy a gig, and who doesn't need a full-time job.