Another suggested book would be to purchase an additional book (which I did) for extra test prep was "Guide to Passing the Pearson Vue Real Estate Exam 10th EditionTextbook Binding – 2018" by William H.

I've heard, and believe, that most of the people who burn out on owning real estate are self managing.

I ended up moving my portfolio to single family homes that are B class and my situation improved.The other factor here is when you have children in the mix, you just don't have as much extra time.

A couple of extra points interest on $50k for a few months is peanuts compared to the alternative. 

In your market do apartments have any extra expenses (inspections by the city, extra taxes etc?)

I am contemplating taking the time I was spending on school and getting a part time job to generate some extra income.

@Alex RodolitzYou dont sell them, you walk away...I see this all the time.. units burned up or some other crazy issue.. investors just leave them behind and stop paying taxes and everything....either the city will demo them in a few years or they will go to tax auction for the next investor to buy who doesnt do their due diligence..

As they're demoing the roof (and making a HUGE mess around the property, tar and gravel roof+ pine needles being thrown around the yard with no tarps), he comes back and tells me that spacing between the decking is too far apart compared to code, and it's going to be an extra $3,500 to redeck the entire roof (could have told me this when he gave me the initial quote, wasn't hard to see that).

I found that the extra work that is required plus the additional vacancy plus headaches that came with tenants arguing between themselves made it a less than ideal way of investing.

If you thought you needed an extra day, should have put that in initially or amended it along the way to extend.