I think you can replace "Investing" in your question with anything:  "How do you balance work, family, and [investing, my health, starting my business, caring for my aging parents, etc]?"  

How can I get them to repair/replace all the issues?

The final straw that almost broke the deal: Septic failed inspected, $15k replacement... the seller said "no problem I'll pay the $!

My new job as a software engineer is going to take me far out of state but I'd love to own a slice of heaven here.

If the tenants are actively violating any terms of their current leases or agreements, that's a valid approach to managing the tenant and potentially replacing the tenant.

The city is replacing the main water line at one of our single family rentals.

My goals are to replace me and my wife's current salaries through multi-family repositioning buy and holds in the next 8 years so we can spend more time with family and friends, travel, ski, hike, and give back to our local communities.Here are skill-sets of mine that I've built over the last 10 years that I think will translate well into the RE industry: project management, business development / selling, building successful teams, financial analysis, stakeholder management, strategic planning and roadmapping, and process improvement.Super pumped to be here and looking forward to learning, building relationships and working with you.

A developer has a property under contract right now, he has the engineering done so that he will be able to develop the apartments.

I've lived down here for about a year and I work as an aerospace engineer at a defense company.

One floor contractor says he can do a floating vinyl plank floor over it after replacing the broken tiles and leveling the floor.