My husband and I are new to real estate investing but know that it’s the path that we would like to navigate together as we strive for financial freedom, escaping the rat-race, and growing into entrepreneurs.

I was off to the races to fund all three, a week later I had the money but he only had two properties left.

So your answer would not be, or any form of, "I want to be financially independent", or "I want to be able to quit my job", or "I want to get out of the rat race". 

Instead focus on One Rental/Deal at a time, try and make the next deal better than the last and do what ever you can to lower your monthly expenses because you can not get out of the rat race until your passive income exceeds your fixed monthly expenses.Be the Turtle not the RabbitGood Investing - What advice do others have?

it has made a impact here for sureI had drag racing on the brain.

You can listen to testimonials and stories all day from their websites, but these days I always want to here it from the horses mouth.  

I'm usually go there each May to see the Nascar All-Star race in Concord.

You have to make sure your numbers work, meaning you don't want to put gold teeth into a dead horse.  

Trying to help him not put the cart before the horse is the intention I think.

Just like you can't predict what car will win the race without taking into account the driver :-), vacation rentals can vary based on marketing and management approach.