Make sure you ask questions about your learning style, how they will be there to support you, ect...A Great Mentor is Priceless, but the wrong one is a waste of money.

I would that you get a complex around 20 units so it will support property management expense of an outside source that will do what you expect and are willing to keep you up to talk on the phone.  

You can door knock or mail pre foreclosure leads  in attempt to support them in accomplishing their goals.

My current financial situation can support the mortgage and my job situation is fairly stable.

I'm in a partnership that is a year old.We've been able to acquire several properties and have a supportive institutional JV backer---for which we're thankful!

At some point depending on how things go, I may slow down on purchasing the rentals so I can build up enough profit from my flips to support 2 or 3 flips running at the same time to get to my goal quicker.

Have a gf for coming up on 7 years and she's fully supportive of me finding something that'll supplement the money I make while not being inside a prison for 40 hours a week.

All of this data should be supported from the market.Make sure to hire a certified general appraiser because a residential appraiser can only appraise up to 4 residential units.

I have three kids and I know most of my household expenditures are to support them.The library is another great place to get free knowledge.  

A third business can be more lucrative and there are a lot of people willing to give me their financial support because of that track record.So now I'll be going back to my previous profession.