Or, they just ask me for my contacts and proceed to destroy my reputation with the players in my market.All people want is something for nothing, instantaneous gratification, basically a diseased mentality.

The only good justification I can think of mentally for taking profits out from the get go while still maintaining a career is because the career you are in (if you plan on being in a while) is the sort of thing that earnings grow exponentially with experience or an established book of business.

@Steve VaughanGaining the knowledge and having the desire to find and/or market for off-market leadsUnderstanding the math/the numbers of investment properties in your market, ie) understanding your MAO, rehab costs, ARVsAbility to negotiate or a desire to learnAbility to talk to strangers on the phone or a desire to learnNot having a greedy/needy mentality.

My husband retired after 40 years as a case manager for the chronic mentally ill. 

I'm hoping that the legislature here (with plenty of representatives that are NOT from super-lefty urban areas)  will be willing to consider that the downsides of allowing rent control would outweigh any benefits long term,  and there are other approaches to ease homelessness and housing availability crunch that should be considered instead (encouraging more housing construction, incentivising and underwriting riskier tenant pools instead of forcing landlords to take them; reinvestment in mental health and drug treatment programs and transitional housing, working with employers to site new job centers in underdeveloped/struggling areas, etc.)I'm certain that if the state constitution is amended Seattle will implement some kind of rent control.  

It sounds like the state of your mental well being needs attention, so doing these things to eliminate burdens should give you a sense of relief to aid in your efforts to move forward, and not feel bogged down.Your investing may need to take a slight back burner right now as having a job that pays you, is paramount. 

A person can be a  top investor but without attention to health both physical and mental , you will lose in the end, I know this from personal experience .Healthy eating habits ,physical fitness thru challenging workouts or yoga,what ever moves you!

I think most here prescribe more to the rich dad poor dad program than the millionaire next door mentality. 

IF you are not a felon, mentally unstable or on a terrorist watch list, there are no laws preventing you from possessing a firearm in your personal residence. 

It’s easy to say to be more financially fit, physically fit, mentally fit etc.