We have been putting every penny away and avoiding all the things that make living nice to build that nest egg as fast as possible.

Which would allow for a bigger nest egg to accumulate.

Since this is their first adventure away from the nest, I would ask if their parents would be willing to co-sign for at least one year, at which time, the parents would be removed from the lease and these two young whipper snappers would be on the lease by themselves after that. 

Realtor sent another house to look at today, but these are nesting homes(haha) not full investments.

The "go-to" for gen x, y, millennium, empty nest buyers, etc.Basically in SF, 80% of new construction buildings will end up with some sort of construction default litigation.  

As a husband and father of two boys, I am interested in building a financial nest for my family through real estate investments.

I just knew I want to have cash flow when I retired and hopefully provide a nest egg to my kids like my mom did for me.

I would look at more of fix and flip type transactions to get you nest egg built up..buying low end rentals can be good I have clients that I fund in this space that own hundreds of them..

(rented @$1900/ mo. since 6/1/11)- should have 0 tax consequence/gains on sale (paid $180K cash in 2010)- have $40k in additional emergency fund/checking- have two small (and only) flips under my belt since January 2015 - all work done myself except for electrical/ major plumbing/HVAC- will be 55 in 2016 (so I don't have 50 more years to "play around" to build nest eggOk, so, my idea is to buy a place for cash in the 60-$75k range and fix it up over the next 6 months then move in as my lease on my apartment expires.

Knowing exactly how to analyze for cash flow, buy smart properties (most actually aren't that smart), and keeping a nest egg for emergencies.Owning multiple properties is in other ways safer.