That's when people say your business can sustain itself without you having to prospect much more and you'll have a steady flow of business.

In an ideal world, I'd like to retire in ~10 years with a steady stream of income.  

Steady cash flowing rental for 2+ years.

I have a W2 job, so I still have steady income.

Slow and steady.

The baseboard doesn't get a chance to kick on and run before the radiators do their job and trip the temperature switch.

How long did it take for you to establish a solid marketing program and steady flowing lead pipeline?

Anecdote: in the years leading up to the 2008 crash, the Fed had been jacking rates up to calm everyone down -- it had zero measurable effect (things KEPT going bonkers, from about 2005 to 2008 - 3 years - amid steady rate hikes).

I was grateful that I didn’t have to go searching for a qualified applicant as they both have very steady well paid jobs and I also don’t need a property manager because he is handy in that aspect should anything happen.

I'm not a property hunter, in other words, not looking to scale 20 properties a year, current goals are 1 property every 3 years, safe and steady.