Being an agent will help me expand my connections with people and at the same time will be saving capital.

You are talking to the wrong mortgage people.  

Totally agree with @Paul Moore and I think Self Storage and Mobile Homes don't get the same attention as Apartments because people, in general, don't really understand the asset classes, unlike apartments everyone gets the concept rather quickly. 

May meet some likeminded people, next weeks topic is flipping.

They’re great people to have on your team.

Although my wife and I are excited, I know that we could be doing more to grow our money (I also know that many people don't tie in equity to NW, and these numbers are skewed if we keep our home forever).

That can be the reason some people have differing opinions on how each group should operate in the real estate investment space.

You missed your calling.

However that is a long time to just wait, maybe get your RE license and help people buy and sell homes and mabye you'll realize its more fun than being a property manager. 

Let me know what you guys think or what most people are doing/not doing