Make your plan, stick to the plan, and execute. 

Start practicing assessing deals, talking to people, and the more you put the podcasts to work, the more it will stick, and the more useful it will be when you need to put that knowledge to action.Congrats on the upcoming wedding!

Im thinking to stick with SFR for now and im looking into South New Jersey and Charlotte, NC areas.

The big sticking point is that after a little due diligence I discovered that triplexes in Portland are under commercial code and that they require sprinklers, acoustic batting, fire barriers, stricter egress and a list on other requirements that make the deal a no go. 

IMO - stick to dollar cost averaging with index funds + real estate.

@Mike McCarthy that is a good idea to have an inspector come on site if anything major sticks out to you.

I will stick with this transaction for now.still have inspection coming up.

Is it worth trying to stick it out in a staff job just to say I've been there for years by the time I apply?

Run through worst case scenarios in that situation and I think you are going to get the short-end of the stick and not want to continue that partnership.Maybe consider 50/50 of initial funding and you get a management fee or you have above 50 percent equity in exchange for the management.

If you can't get out than I might stick with the deal as it looks like it would at least be profitable long term but you will have a hard time getting all your money out of the deal.