What Do You Define as Real Estate Investing?

[Tyler Barker]

I've been listening to the podcast and talking to investors and I hear a lot of people defining themselves as real estate investors or saying they invest in real estate as a point of pride. I'm curious at what point you would start to define true real estate investing. Is it once you've done your first deal? Does the deal have to be a buy and hold or does a wholesale count? Would you count something like Fundrise or a REIT as real estate investing? Does real estate income have to be your primary income? Does it even really matter? I'm sure there are many opinions so I can't wait to hear what you have to say.