Can anyone recommend a book thats helped them have a more positive outlook, changed their mindset, or helped them be more positive in their day-to-day. 

Depending on the level of rehab, a portfolio loan is a more flexible option (ie if it's not in livable condition).

But if you’re in the military I would request a transfer to a more landlord friendly state where the barriers to entry into the RE market are much lower. 

Will you maintain marketable skills to rejoin the workforce in a more palatable occupation?

But that's a more complex topic.Disclaimer: While I’m an attorney licensed to practice in PA, I’m not your attorney.

Managing a lot of single-family rentals is different when you are in your 30s than when closing on retirement age, so you can always sale your appreciated portfolio and deploy that capital into a more passive play or start doing that when you think it's appropriate for you.Good luck 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 

Others prefer to pay accordingly for a more premium turnkey product with nicer and more durable materials, pass inspections, more rental demand from higher paying tenants, even warranties.Many want to be hands off and leave everything to a company. 

Most private money lenders will be more affordable than hard money, if you're able to find one.No doubt, it is a more labor intensive way to grow a portfolio, but that's the tradeoff if you don't have a lot of capital available.

I would argue that a cheap house in another state is riskier than a more expensive house-hack in Denver.

I used to live in Steamboat but moved back to Maine to get started in a more affordable market.