My advice, which is limited, is to learn all you can, find that way to start, whether in multis, flips, B&H SFR, etc etc, and devote a good amount of time becoming a non-active expert in that area.

If I do, I'd prefer not to get a regular full time job and would like to devote all of my time to real estate investing.My question concerns my financing options.

I've recently relocated to a smaller market and decided that I would devote more time to investing.

But, if your goal is to build a sustainable and scalable business, this is going to take a lot of time and effort, and you can't devote that time when you're busy swinging a hammer.Here's an example of how you're losing money by doing the work yourself -- if it were going to take you 15 hours to frame a basement, I'd suggest you instead spend those 15 hours finding cheaper suppliers or negotiating with your suppliers for better prices.

I would love to spruce something up but Im not really sure how much time and money I will have to devote.

I gave that business up foolishly without trying too hard to find a buyer so that I could go to lawschool and devote my time to that.

How much time to you have to devote to real estate?

I'm currently still working a full-time job as a computer technician at a local corporation but am devoting my nights and weekends to starting up my own Real Estate Investment business.

Agree with Phillip, ease in, do RE when you have time, when you get the hang of it start devoting more time to RE to make the transition.

All I can say is that I'm sceptical by nature, and the nature of this business and the time I've devoted to my craft has maybe made me a bit jaded.