Both require a ton of reading, mentoring, trial and error, and hard work.

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When you go to prepare you taxes some 14 months later, you realize the accounting error. 

Trial and error. 

That app has saved me numerous times on my out-of-state rental fixing odds and ends that were very time sensitive.

I've heard on numerous occasions that there are downsides to obtaining your RE license and being an Investor.

Which is why I am trying to make sure that my situation is not a bait and switch and maybe just a simple human error.

I have a mentor in a former landlord who owns 10 properties and manages them himself now that he's retired.I think to start it would be best to invest using a house hacking method, and then once I am established and comfortable enough, to do a home flip or invest in a property using the BRRRR method.My short-term goal is to purchase a 2-4 unit property where I "house hack" and live for free or almost free, while saving roughly $1k a month towards a down payment on a 2nd multi-unit property within 24 months.My long-term goal is to own and invest in numerous properties (purchasing one new property every 12-18 months). 

Also, if you haven't hired a lawyer yet, or you work with numerous lawyers, when you come to them once the offer is accepted and they see that you or your broker already provided a form contract... you'll see there reaction :) it will also cost you more in legal fees for a lawyer to review and fix it than it would to start fresh using their form contract they are comfortable with.

I have seen like 10 people spell "advice" as "advise" today. "Advice" is the noun; "advise" is the verb. Precision is professional, people!