I'm not particularly thrilled about the idea of buying a multi-family property and living in one of the units, but it seems like the most (fiscally) prudent decision for me, at least right now, as I only have enough for a down payment on one property.

All you will be able to hope for is massive appreciation to see any profit off of that.

I have had massive success with working with a handful of cash investors.  

@Patrick Philip It's great that you want to have a massive cash buyers list, but 1,000's is fairly unrealistic.

Lot rents at $250 and running at a 40% expense ratio produces only $16k/year net  Is it worth it for the massive amount of work this place will require?

, but in the long run when many of those people with massive labor paid mortgages and multiple labor paid car payments are working blindly forever to pay are looking at you saying "oh he must have gotten lucky somehow", youll know the real reason, that you sacrificed the shiny stuff and made your money work for you.  

Maybe if you have a massive income that you need tax writeoffs for, or something along the lines of that, then perhaps you might want to set a deadline to buy something within the next 90 days.Also, have you built before?

They tell me there have been some massive student oriented apartment complexes build over the last couple years that have flooded the market with more beds than there are interested students to rent them.

This site has beenot a massive resource tool for myself and my company.

Study after study PROVES that the best place to add a dollar to our economy is UNDOUBTEDLY in the middle to lower class households if the desired affect is to bolster our overall national fiscal health.