@Eric Turner I think you need to be realistic with yourself and understand that at some point the walk needs to meet the talk. 4k in monthly cash flow would be good for a moderately advanced investor, and to get there you'll need to dive in and understand there will be years of grind and pain before you're at this point. 

So far it’s been worth the pains.

Everyone is dealing with (or not dealing with) the pain in their own way.

I love your enthusiasm and your hunger to start on the right path here! 

This has become a pain to manage remotely.

You can do it.Stay Hungry - The laborers appetite works for him; his HUNGER DRIVES him on.

We are entering into a magnificent new era, but the transition is going to be painful for some I suspect.                           

Knob and Tube is still around and a pain and expensive to get rid of.

Feel my pain...How do you folks do cash out refi?

When my parents wanted to increase the rent, they just did it a few months before the end of a year of rent, they inform the tenant of the rent increase (it's usually just a small amount) and the tenant usually agrees since it's a pain to move from place to place.