Examples of mentors could be a mother or a father, an uncle or a neighbor, a high school teacher or college professor, or even a boss, a friend, or an AA sponsor.  

I'm a 25 year old teacher in the Bay Area. 

I think the biggest risks are the unknowns that can and will pop up and eat away at your cashflow and income.Also lack of experience, there are just some things that reading and school CANNOT teach you and the only way you learn is my experience.HOpe I am not scaring anyone but I think most here will agree experience is the BEST teacher here!

There is an old saying, "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear".

I myself was able to replace my income with long term rentals (teacher salary, so not extremally significant).

(J Scott's book is amazing for that)I remember one of my teachers saying when he runs his trending data in CT, Fairfield county is left out because it's a whole different world down there.

I am a teacher, a licensed Loan Officer, and a broker. 

I’m a struggle teacher hoping for a way out of a 9-5. 

I submit that a school teacher is more valuable than an engineer even though the latter may be paid more.

I'm a school teacher and will retire in a few years and want to transition into rental houses and flipping.