He sued his SF landlord in 2012 for construction noise in his backyard.

Most "investors" I meet at local meet ups have never gotten started because they are waiting for that perfect property to appear where it is turn-key, under market value, and will produce $200 p/door and at least 15% COC ROI and they do not need to do anything and can just lay on the beach and collect monthly checks.The thing to me is that you need to hit consecutive singles and grind your teeth in order to get that home run ball.

Real estate isn’t a get rich quick kind of thing and requires work and putting forth the daily grind.

Investing out of state brings a bunch of "noise" and it's hard to decipher where and who to invest with, so it's paramount you perform your due diligence and educate yourself on the potential pitfalls.

There is a lot of noise, and it can be difficult to filter this out.

The grind to dig out of that hole could cost many years of life. 

Doing it one at a time can be a grind. 

It's never a perfect solution but I do think it makes the journey and the grind more sustainable.John

It can happen to anyone, but the way you get out of that life is GRIND!!

As long as you can see in your heart that you're doing what's best for you , then all the other nonsense is just noise.