I hate my job and want to quit ASAP. I'd like to leave next year after bonuses (Feb 2015). I am going to be a buy and hold investor using a management company. I have a nice pile of cash saved up to invest.

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So I’m thinking about investing with a company that says if you invest 150k on 10 properties (turkeys) that you will make around 5,000 a month and this all can happen in a year. Between 13k and 15k for a down payment....

So for the last year or so, I have been thinking more about physical health. I’ll be 50 in less than a year. Overall I do not personally know any active, long-term investors that actually smoke. Maybe they are there I...