Help me convince my significant other RE Investing is beneficial

[Chadwick Cotner]

BP Members,

I am relatively new to RE investing and looking to start building my RE portfolio (multi family and/or SFH). I have had one prior property (SFH) that happened out of necessity rather than informed investing. That experience was poor for a few reasons but ended up OK when we sold.

However, now I am looking to get into active RE investing but am having a hard time convincing the significant other. I know there are benefits to owning a positive cash flow property, even if the numbers are tight, but am having a hard time articulating the facts for my opinion.

I have been looking in the BP forums, but the sheer number of threads and responses are immense.

What are the potential benefits/and or advice for someone like me, a $144K W2 employee, who is renting (thanks divorce) with decent credit score (again, thanks divorce), a veteran, with some cash in a TSP to invest, who is looking at markets out of my residential state (AZ) and not looking to house hack?

Please help me convince her RE investing is the way to go.

CW