This feels gimmicky and overrated to me. 

Increasing income could entail anything from changing jobs for better pay, becoming more proficient or expert and valuable in whatever you do to earn a living, to changing careers and or acquiring more skills and knowledge through education.  

You are right, lot of knowledge here, for sure.

My partner and I are diving into real estate investing in Atlanta, and we can't wait to get started.I've been soaking up knowledge from this community for years while living in California, where I had my realtor license and worked as a listing manager.

If there is anyone in my area that would like to get together and share their experiences and knowledge I would appreciate it.

A perfect skillset besides real estate, contract for deeds in particular, would be a knowledge of lending laws, and of course Employee Retirement Income Security Act or 1974 (ERISA).   

I feel tenants don't care as much.

I've filed the eviction, they've been served with the paperwork, and now all that's left is for me to wait for the next steps and hope I filled everything out right (Denver county's process is making my head spin, and I'm having to do this without a lawyer because of cost) while in the meantime my tenant is otherwise just ignoring all my texts and notices and also (it feels like) acting like nothing has changed, still having people over for dinner, still walking in and out of my front door like no problem...leading up to this point I've had multiple informal conversations with this person about the toll their unpredictable behavior around payments has had on me.  

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

They also admitted that the bedbugs weren't there until recently and that they likely brought them in but they still feel that I should be financially responsible for removal costs (averaging about $2500).