It's because the newbie (or even an older investor) doesn't really understand the role of other professionals, what they are required to do from a legal and ethical position, usually because they don't know the difference. 

In the process of buying my first property, I have learned that property taxes play a major role in how I want to buy my next investment. 

I'm still actively looking to fill this role in the Scottsdale / Phoenix area.

The Operating Agreement is the governing document for an LLC which spells out all the guidelines, roles, management and % ownership of each.

Unless you work in one in one of these roles, you should play the role of landlord.

With that being said you have a few options in front of you and your age, income, and personal life play a big role into which path is right for you.

What I was hoping I could do was to take my profits from the personal training business and use them towards a marketing campaign for either my investing or salesperson role.

-Build upon my previous experience and acquire more units (multi family, and/or SFH) -Reinvest my cash flow -Build my assets -Continue on the path of enlightenment (grow and develop) -Begin to build my team that will eventually replace some (or all) roles I perform -Enough cash flow to remove some stress of current W2 positionPhase Three.

Not only is BP a big part of my drive to do real estate but my boss is actually a very big role model to me, he started when he was my age.

I joined the team with NO industry experience and quickly gained the knowledge that I needed to be both comfortable in the role and successful.