Her lease end is coming up and I have to decide whether to offer her a renewal or not (I'm pretty confident she'll stay if I do).

I was once in your shoes and it takes years to build confidence and knowledge on getting things built.

The woman that I spoke to didn't spark much confidence in me, although she was most likely an office assistant.

The "avoid at all costs" awfulness of the area around the downtown shelter doesn't give much confidence.

Looking forward to the rest of the journey.Hopefully this novel of my experience will help someone take the first steps in their journey with a little more confidence, and I'm happy to continue sharing lessons learned along the way.

@Kristopher BagociusI would do some deals before you leave your job, it will build your confidence and you will be able to grow more when you leave.

With the support of my family, friends, AND the BP community I am confident I will be walking away in the next 24 months.

Books are good to create interest but you and I agree new investors should read the book and start using the BRRRR strategy until they talk to people who have been in the trenches, experienced the good and bad of specific purchases.You would be a great confidant to have on someone’s team because of the people you helped and the experiences you have had.My biggest point is for new investors get around people that are in the business, who can give advice on the do’s and don’ts and help them avoid mistakes.The due diligence is key and keeping the basic concepts of cash flow and return on investment in the forefront of making a buy and sell is important.Learning in a book is good but asking questions and learning form someone’s experience is better.Tim

I'd come up with what you think is a reasonable fee structure and offer it to both the property managers (assuming your happy with your RE agent and are confident they are going to do a good job on the back end for you too).

Please keep asking questions as I’m super confident in this deal and I have found him another 60 acres for when this development is done.