That experience has stayed with me and I am now quite interested in getting involved in the industry.

I want to stay above 750 in my rentals assuming single family.

I get all the perspective and thanks for sharing; so I can assume that the guarantor requirement is going to stay regardless and there is no avoiding that until we have some "skin" in the game....?

I use it for project/task management at my non real estate related job and am planning on using it to stay on task in my real estate endeavors.

I’m thinking of wholesaling route to get in the game, because of our desire to stay away from debt as much as possible even with real estate.

Remember to stay flexible. 

Dust yourself off, keep your chin up, stay positive, and move forward.

Low income tenants, with the father working and the mother staying at home with the children.

I'm debating between finishing out my contract and going full time real estate, or staying in the Army another 10 years for retirement.

It appears it could be win win for both involved.I try not to because even as the strapping physically presentable whole gentleman I can tidy myself up to I have many mental and physical challenges that people incorrectly ignorantly judge me by so I tend to look past surface issues but discrimination has an important purpose and is how we stay alive.