I think real estate investing is a big pill to swallow and it’s better to have your first investment be something more manageable.

As for your 2nd part, agreed on the hard pill to swallow. 

I'm not sure if you recall the sink hole in Seffner (East of Tampa) where a sink hole swallowed a guy in bed.

That is hard for me to swallow.

Commercial properties will likely pay a lot more in property taxes than residential properties.Here's the article: http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/943156/500-million-property-tax-hike-enough-shed-chicagos-junk-bond-rating-analysts-warn“Fabian’s conclusion was that, as tough as it will be for homeowners and their aldermen to swallow a $500 million property tax increase, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the City Council need to bite the bullet even harder.

After a while 50/50 got hard to swallow considering I was bring the deal, managed the subs, dealt with whatever problems arise, etc.

Were the costs of doing the refi a hard pill to swallow.

They can all swallow the pill of having a primary home and a second house (vacation home/seasonal residence) as a mental jump, but beyond that gets tricky, so I tend to just keep the idea to that level.

Hahaha:)  One thing I would have done differently is swallow my pride and somehow find a mentor that I respected and liked right from the start. 

License process can be lengthy so swallowing carrying costs could be heavy.