Are others playing the long game and hoping for appreciation or is there something I’m missing with the economics of North Jersey?

But then I discovered Baselane, and it's been a game-changer.One of the things I love most about Baselane is how easy it is to track income and expenses.

But you won't know until you take that first step.To use a basketball analogy, you're dreaming about playing for the NBA when you haven't even tried to play a pickup game at the Y.

We reimburse up to $15 per month third-party transaction fees for using the ATM cards, if incurred, for pulling cash out of an ATM machine. 

If you want to attempt to rep yourself, you have to play the game too.

Does anyone have any recommendations for board games, apps or video games that “accidentally on purpose” teach these things as well?

You can partner with an operator or hire a mentor to help you.Either way sounds like you have a good problem as most people struggle with raising capital so your already ahead of the game.

Well as you can imagine folks tried all sorts off games to qualify for it.

@Andrew Lawn welcome to the real estate investing game!

As it was my first opportunity to get some skin in the game, I jumped on the deal and we agreed on a 5 year ballon (4% rate, amortized at 15 yrs).