Hi Devin, Have you ever considered that instead of America needing smaller homes that are more affordable, that America needs more higher paying jobs so that people can live the actual American dream versus having to settle for less and less and less (Has George Carlin pointed out in his classic speech about this). 

Quote from @Donnie Jones: The harsh truth is that wholesaling is a job, not a means of investing.

Sometimes life happens faster than you think (weddings, job changes, market shifts), so it helps to know your break even point in case you need to move on sooner rather than later.

Those in themselves are great education.Degrees won’t help you much unless you are trying to get a job at a large fund.

With the future being so uncertain I realized there was a need to do more than just rely on my job for financial security. 

My wife and I have a W2 job. 

Used PSI last year, they did a bad job, the snow wasn't even bad last year and with several attempts asking them to do better within the terms of the contract, they still sucked. 

Quote from @Mark Forest: The company I have invested with has done a great job explaining why this is happening and what they are doing about it. 

We want to grow our real estate business to be able to quit our jobs.

Brandon Turner does a great job going over different strategies in his book "Invest in Real Estate with No (or little) Money Down".