I fully recognize that we are early in our investing career and have a long way to go.

Is there a different way of looking at this that I am not recognizing?

Recognize which phase you are in the real estate cycle so you know when to go all in and when to scale back.  

@Blair Poelman  NP just pointing that out as you did not mention one way or the other.and I think its a little pearl to know if you find oneself in the position of a lender trying to do that to you...

The feelings you have are definitely totally normal... some days I feel completely discouraged but it's important to surround yourself with positive people who recognize the greatness in you even when you're a bit lost in the dark at the moment.  

@Steve Perkins- It has been beyond my wildest dreams, I honestly barely recognize myself and didn't know I had it in me to do all this.  

In other words, the LLC generally doesn't recognize income itself...the owners generally must take responsibility for *all* it.

I knew from research that  "confederates' -- are people probably in collusion with the guru-promoter...it was not just real estate...it was binary options, stocks...options...All I know is that I wanted to be an "investor really bad" yes I told you I was addicted...and do you know what I would see over-and-over again...the same people just about everytime I went to another "free seminar" or went to gomeeting online and yep the same people still there (recognized their names)...was I spinning my wheels?

I'm a newbie but I train a lot on understanding real estate investing meaning I'm picking up that phone having those difficult conversations, going out touring properties improving my awareness of recognizing a good deal.

You might have the expertise to recognize pitfalls in a real estate transaction and trust an technology to vet service providers in the transaction but a lot of people don't, can't or won't.