I began my career with rental properties in CT, and the eviction process can be brutal. 

Also, listen to podcasts that are geared towards passive investors like Passive Wealth Strategies for Busy Professionals and Passive Investing From Left Field.

I have goals of obtaining enough MF property to replace my current career by the age of 50 (I'm actually shooting for $6K/m by November of 2026 because, why not?)

ISpeed want's recording's of calls, which is very difficult to accomplish when, as in this case, I purchased the lead while in the field from my cell phone.    

I'm not yet decided on my investment journey's direction, but I truly value insights from those who've been in the field.

My take after well over 20 years of investing in real estate is that if you want to continue to enjoy a great and profitable career and also have a life, that you consider taking @Jim Pfeifer's advice.

I’m an ex surveyor and draftsman looking to learn this field.

Later on in my investing career when I have less time to deal with the day to day I will hire a PM and have a good understanding if they are running my property in an efficient manner. 

@John Fields if seller will agree to escrow agreement of 2x the estimated repair costs in escrow and state clearly how you access those funds, that may work if your lender allows.

Partnering in deals is common and some of us have done it for most of our careers, but we only opened this up to the public at the end of 2016. 2.