I'm hopefully that I'll be able to devote more time once my kids are in school.... if kids ever really go back to school.  

@Brandon Thomas nailed it - don't think about the big fish, the more time you devote, the closer you will get to what you want.

My job was a sales manager in a auto dealership and their mindset was I needed every brain cell to be devoted to them.

This means you have to find a property manager/maintenance team that will devote 25% of their time to your property.

. - - - This will allow us to devote our time, energy and effort into people and causes that are most meaningful to us.Our goal is to build a portfolio of buy and hold properties that cash flow enough that we have the financial flexibility to choose if we want to continue working “normal” jobs.I started educating myself about real-estate in the summer of 2019.

-After budgeting expenses/extras/emergency fund/401k/HSA/etc I will have $45-55K/year from my W-2 job to devote to RE.

Each lot shall be used, improved and devoted exclusively to single family residential use, and for no commercial purpose."

I DO, however, want my own space, with no indoor common areas or roommates (unless you count my adorable puppy)--sharing a wall in a duplex would be acceptable.I would like to quit my job in 2022 and either move on to a different industry or devote myself to real estate investment full time, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if I stayed at my job.Other than my job, there is nothing tying me down to Cleveland, but I do love it here.

Who would put up with this crap and devote their time money and resources to get kicked in the gonads for years on end ! 

A big part of me wishes I would have had the same direction and financial intelligence I do now, I perhaps could have devoted that time and money that went into school into starting my business, learning a trade/skill that pays well, etc.