Stay strong and don't lose confidence, tough times weed out the weak and leave plenty of opportunity for those who can hold on.

Must be in a reallllllly tough neighborhood.

@Garrett Gruss tough to say haha because there are two very different areas in which you're speaking about.

Partly it’s because you can avoid mistakes and partly because you can turn to someone and get encouragement when you’re in a tough patch and just need to get to the next level of skill.I’ll tell you about the people who are not going anywhere: it’s those who think that buying stuff is the same as taking action.

@Ijeoma P. working multiple brokers is tough...sure, the first call probably went well, but this is a relationship business...I've sourced 7-deals this month and none of them went to folks that were running the broker circuit.

The restaurants are competing heavily for employees.

I've seen a lot of mentions in the forums of people wanting to do this strategy, because especially in todays market it is tough to find deals with a traditional strategy.

Here are a few books I would recommend:* The book on rental property investing by Brandon Turner* The millionaire real estate investor by Gary Keller2) Determine your why - Your "why" for real estate is ultimately what is going to push you to keep going when things get tough.

However as Colin mentioned, there are tough restrictions here especially needing the property to be at least partially owner-occupied in order to rent for less than 30 days legally.

It’s tough when you may have to readjust based on the current work that is in front of you.