I am done with the stress, the hours, the traffic, the idiots I work with, the billion dollar corporate mentality, etc.  

There are few properties near the city that you will find that will meet the 2% rule (monthly rents are  greater than or equal to 2% of the purchase price of the property).In my (admittedly new) opinion, I have found it tough to find properties that fit nicely with a Buy and Hold Mentality.  

@Bao NguyenI think i may have taken it mentally a few more steps than you envisioned.

Is this the general mentality?  

In the Army aviation world it is kind of "eat the young" mentality and the new guy sometimes gets pushed aside and has to claw a bit for knowledge and a seat at the table.

This is the kind of (capital has no cost) idiotic mentally that drove the former Soviet Union into bankruptcy.

The guy on the podcast I'm listening to almost seemed to preach against the cash flow mentality of BP, saying that young people should be more concerned with building capital and less concerned with cash flow.

We're starting out under a "do it right, do it now" type of mentality, so it's good to hear from someone that's familiar with this process that we're on the right path!

What is the opportunity cost of your mental capital?

I spent an 30 minutes staring blankly at my computer screen, trying to mentally refer back to what I had read in Brandon's book "The Book on No & Low Money Down Real Estate Investing".