I also learned a lot about the process and  overcoming obstacles.  

Like Josh said, positive thinking is very important, but taking a realistic look at your situation and finding ways to overcome obstacles is much more important.

Keep in mind that the DST sponsor more than likely is underwriting to overcome the front end load a few years after the DST is created.

I know I need to focus more of my time on finding properties to purchase, but I feel like I need to spent a lot of my own time at each rehab in order to get the job done efficiently and to a high quality standard (I know hiring a general contractor seems like a simple answer to this, but I've found it much more expensive to do this than sub out the work myself).Not really look for a solution to this, but thought it would be helpful to hear from others how they were able to overcome this or other similar hurdles in their business as they were in the early stages.

For the credit cards the companies would have to agree to release her from the accounts.This is too much work for too little and return and the chance of being successful with everything that has to be overcome is slim.No legal advice given.

There is definitely a lot to overcome for that first deal especially.

That in combination with me wanting to fix my credit has me still holding back.I can't help but wonder what brought people into real estate investing, the fears with starting and what helped overcome it.

Did some down right dirty adverse posession stuff.

I am a new investor with only 1 SFH under my belt that I purchased last year. I am in process of refinancing it, pulling out some money which will act as the downpayment on the next building. This home is about 10 min...

The issue you need to overcome is turning credit into cash as there still aren't any institutions that allow the purchase of property on a card itself.The next major hurdle is ensuring you never buy at market value while using credit in this way.