Please convince this 27 yo that real estate is worth it!

[Jason Schmidt]

Hi All! A background of myself - I have 50k in the bank (varies from month to month of course!) After taxes and such, I would say I net around 80k a year. I am putting 2k a month extra on our house to pay it off in 4 years.

Now, down to business:

I own my own company, and have always wondered what happens if the industry just goes sour or something. I know a lot of people do well in real estate investing. What do you all recommend starting out with? Why should I? I will continue resarching, but would love to hear what you all have to say!