Use this period to build “investor muscle”:Network locally: Northern NJ & Northeast PA have active REIA and Mastermind groups where you can learn creative strategies (seller finance, JV, partnerships, DSCR lending, etc.).Educate tactically: Move from general podcasts to deal-focused learning — cash flow calculators, DSCR loan basics, and rent comps.Understand investor financing: Once you’re ready, your pension-backed W2 and equity could make you an excellent DSCR or bridge loan candidate with the right structure.⚙️ 5.

Need to lay down my neck is sore from looking up so much.  

Would I even entertain any narrative that requires financing to lay there neck on a guillotine....

Rich Dad, Poor Dad also helps shift your mindset.Podcasts: BiggerPockets Podcast and Real Estate Rookie are excellent for learning from investors at different stages.Local networking: REI meetups or BiggerPockets meetups are gold for real-world insights and connections.Hands-on learning: Even analyzing deals daily (using calculators here on BP) builds the muscle memory to spot opportunities.I’m a real estate agent in Memphis, TN, and I help a lot of out-of-state investors grow their rental portfolios here.

It requires retention of pricing within a certain range, to keep that title "store of value" hung round it's neck.

I've been risk-averse my entire life (that's why I've been doing the corporate thing for 20+ years) so there's definitely some unlearning and training-new-muscles I have to do, which I think is the gruntwork Dave talks about on the shows.

Operating a larger hospitality property means building real management muscles: hiring, training, SOPs, and change management.

Construction is mainly CMU, Concrete, and Steel (at least for my projects), and there is a bottle neck of those resources as only few supply the area.

How are things on your neck of the woods? 

And if this original client had stayed with me I would have worked them out instead of putting my boot on his Neck like the Peer st lawyers didmy last post ran into your post sorry bought that.