Interesting Article: https://gthemidwife.com/2014/03/02/in-my-day-we-gave-birth-in-the-rice-fields/Seems a bit harsh, but it was probably Communism.

You should be living cheap, riding a bike, eating beans and rice, working overtime or a second job, selling your plasma, and doing everything you can to pay off that debt that's holding you down.

It's always, "get a second job," or eat, "beans and rice, rice and beans." 

He has more recently taken an interest in the potential of land west of the Catawba River, as Charlotte’s growth in this direction has begun to speed up.Olson is spearheading the Ashton Terraces project, which will involve 72 townhomes off Neal Hawkins Road, with construction starting later this year.

I don't know much about it personally but @Brian Gibbons here on BP recommended a great book that could help get you started called IRA Wealth Revolutionary IRA Strategies for Real Estate by Patrick Rice.

I am thinking about moving a bit north to brier/ mount-lake terrace.

If your skin is rice-paper thin, then don't ask for critical feedback. 

Quote from @Dakota Rice: My wife and I have two duplexes that we have purchased through an agent.

Quote from @Heidi Rice: @Bud Gaffney I believe due diligence in any market is key.

Quote from @Marc Rice: Quote from @Felix Contreras: I have recently started to look at options with subject to and mainly focusing on foreclosure in the area of Greensboro.