Count your no's and eventually you'll get a yes

It is also a little bit of speculation on my part that 1) home values will continue to appreciate at or above the inflation rate and 2) that eventually rates may drop 1 - 2% (I am at 7.5% on my most recent refinance) and will be able to do a cashout refi in 2 - 5 years.What are other's thoughts on this?

YOU know the seller, but the title insurance company and the eventual buyer do not!

So stocks are good but the issue is as you liquidate the asset depletes and till its eventually gone.

I am a current restaurant owner who is looking to become eventually full time real estate investor.

When I purchased here it was the opposite, I made an offer and it was low and they quickly said no and all my Realtor did was tell me to make another offer, tried to rush me, and create urgency but eventually the market came to me. 

I was just wondering if buying properties and rehabbing them would be a good way to transition into becoming a residential developer eventually?

This “greater fool theory” of investing eventually caught America with its pants down.

There's a lot of different ways you can approach it as someone who will eventually have a high W2 income. 

Realize at the outset that real estate will involve all different types to service, maintain, repair, improve, insure, manage and eventually sell.