Lessons learned?

Kudos to you for achieving what you were able to achieve through your hard work and thanks for sharing your life lessons.

lesson from this threadsmall problem: needing $3,000 EMDbigger problem: buying a $6,000 housemassively big problem: OP's lousy attitude 

Lessons learned?

Lessons learned?

Lessons learned?

Lessons learned?

You'll make mistakes early on... but you'll glean valuable lessons from each mistake and do better and better as time goes on. :)

Lessons learned?

You can apply lessons learned from that experience to build out an REI business as you acquire more properties using the money generated from the tax practice while the salary from your wife covers general living expenses.Personally, I'm working my W-2 job and building an engineering consultancy as another income stream in which the proceeds can fund my REI.