As well as let go of my last shred of independence as a free man (kidding!)

So, this year I promised my kids (14,13, and 8 yrs old) that I was making a commitment to them and myself to learn the business, exceed and succeed in real estate...and be home with them... and I am...

I am a self-employed contractor and receive many calls during the day but I shut my phone off after hours as people have no respect of time off and I have 4 young kids that I want to spend down time with.

The homeless shelter was a bad environment for her kids. 

All the cool kids are going ;)

And the IRS in their helpfulness, offers (not kidding)  a 222 page booklet of regs (the bulletin is online) distinguishing capital improvements (depreciated) from repairs (deductible in the year).

, and later knowing that even though I was barely making ends meet with a wife and two kids at home, that I was "banking" $30-40K per year in equity increases.My friends and family thought that I was "The Golden Boy."

I have a potential tenant with 2 kids interested in my place and at first I wasn't interested and said most likely he wouldn't qualify, but he said his parents would have no problem being a co-signer/guarantor.

Staying in the same rental house for the last 12 years has been a point of stability for my now adult kids.

Grind it out, door knocking, handing out your business card to other parents at your kids soccer games, telling everybody you meet what you do, getting a client, working super hard for them so you have no time for e farming so your lead gen stops, then starting it up again once you're done with that client.