You have seen it for 3 years in your daily lives, when you go to the store, or buy a used car, try to buy a home, order parts for your widget company etc…So in summary, prices are here to stay and we need more homes to be built, likely catalyzed by proper incentives / less onerous regulation.

This house is conveniently located near coffee shops, dry cleaners, playgrounds, sit-down restaurants, art galleries, scenic Shawnee Park, the Shawnee Golf Course, Kroger grocery store, banks, museums.

That sets up a more feasible goal for my first investment, while allowing my to store funds both for cap ex and also that second investment.

I'm a co-host for medium term rentals and I pay my employees per hour for tasks like driving from one of the homes to the store, shopping for parts, etc. so I could see where the PM gets the charges.

In the event of a true disaster, just know you can't keep yourself whole.Basically, you're participating to save on pennies--via a normal insurance process--and to keep yourself exposed to any fat tails event. 

There are a lot of different ways to start investing, so trimming the fat on the direction is a great beginning. 

For about $175/yr you can get everything from folks at your local REIA, plus discounts at big stores that more than cover your yearly membership. 

A bottle of water can be $.50 at the grocery store, $1.50 at the gas station, $2.50 at the gym, $3.00 at the movies and $6.00 on the plane… the same is true for real estate.

People would pay 20% PER MONTH, 240% annual, on a ring or jewelry that they have to leave at the store.

All major stores like Costco, Walmart, Kroger, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Lowe's, Home Depot, and Aldi are in a 2 to 3-mile radius.