The stark reality of it is that 90% of RE agents add zero value to the acquisition, stabilization and management process.

For me, the reality of it is zero since I have kids. 

Reality has the morals of a junk yard dog..You are starting a business you have made no effort to learn in advance.

Our economic reality is that the majority of Americans have no savings and only put aside a very small fraction of their paycheck in the belief that nothing really bad could possibly happen to them, that stability is an integral part of the society they live in.My own life experience has been that things can change drastically very, very quickly.A large part of that has been watching economic developments in the country of my birth, Greece, where I lived for seven years from 2000-2007 as an adult and got my start in residential renovation, From 2008 to the present day, I have watched the country transform into a begging pauper-state wholly in thrall to its financial overlords.

Many investors like to take a tight snap shot of a properties numbers to please themselves when in reality no investor knows their real cash flow until the day they sell the property.

That lasted about 60 days before she realized that it wasn't like the reality shows she had been watching and actually required work.

In reality you might break even. 

In reality - you won't need it to file your taxes.

I know the realities of the markets.   

The reality is, that even if it did, in practice it fails.