Peering into the cash flow potential of businesses on the market, it seems a $10,000 to $20,000 down payment on an SBA style loan could potentially surpass my current salary.Beyond the financial aspect, I yearn for the independence and fulfillment of being my own boss.I'm convinced that this path could accelerate my financial progress, paving the way for real estate investments in the near future. 

Once you've closed, your lender won't be able to modify terms or increase the budget, and more often than not, actual costs are likely to surpass your initial estimates.

In the big picture, despite the highly disingenuous real estate agent talk of “low inventory”, the overal population has not surpassed the relative number of homes available to the extent needed to justify such price increases....it’s just HOW the existing homes are being used on a wide scale.  

He owned a few dozen, was really good at it, and was making a killing surpassing any "expected" returns.

Have you not been keeping pace with this area market rents or have you been having a hard time getting tenants because you have surpassed the market rents?

California appreciation still surpasses the Midwest. 

When the current deal is complete, our monthly free cash flow will surpass our monthly living expenses.

The interest rate is immaterial if you can redeploy that money into another asset that surpasses the cost of borrowing.2.

This is a concern of yours I shared, but I have studied the track record of my builder partner in other "emerging/gentrifying" markets, and he has surpassed the previous sales record in a few of these- and the properties appraised for contract price (or low appraisals were successfully contested.)In terms of the partnership, the builder has said he will negotiate developer fee down when doing multiple jobs at once (say to 15% or so.)

i just got someone a house hack house triplex in jacksonville that will surpass the 1% rule.