Your income needs to be 100x it and you need to invest 10% of your net(so less than $5mil) annually in structured product type investing incl RE, let it season for 3-5 years, re-invest the first bit of profits and by year 8-10 you should be comfortable.$500k annual income is alot for your average folk, but it's not "retire me" income at all.

It is not like your product line gets banned by the government or your company is bankrupted.

and have solid contractors lined up.

This tactic is unlikely to be productive when there is a large delta in rate.

I also always keep my rent increases in line with the local market, so sometimes I'll have tenants threaten to leave sometimes, and once they do their research they realize that it wouldn't make sense at all to find another property and end up paying the same thing.

I'm interested in hearing what types of loan products your company offers.

Got so crowded that we ask people to form a line outside which finally stretched to 15 to 20 people.

I own one half, 3 bed 3 bath, and I’m currently living in and renovating it with plans to rent down the line.

Definitely open an LLC if you haven’t done so already and once you have a couple under your belt, you will have lenders lining up for your business.

Check with an SEC attorney to learn where this line is drawn.