My take was to focus on not wasting money on the artifacts that traditional society (and American marketing) considers a wealthy person should own and that you should optimize your financial resources to what brings you true happiness.

Hello BP society.

It depends on if you have a rural, suburban, or urban core area.Some places are doing things like it was done 40 to 50 years ago.

It’s much easier to have self discipline if you have clear goals and meaningful purpose; we are filled with so many distractions in todays society, I encourage you to do whatever it takes to starve that distraction.

Gas and tolls.So, in low rent areas outside of urban high rent areas, rents aren't worth the effort.

One urban legend is that it was created to give neighbors leverage for loud student party houses or students parking all over the street.

I'm not opposed to efficient urban housing, I just don't want to get rich perpetuating a slum.

First of all, I'm JT O'Shea, and I come from a background that seemingly deviates from society's perception of the image of real estate investors.

Don't buy in the roughest neighborhood in the urban core.

@Vin Ochoa I work for an architecture firm on high density mixed use urban projects (+300 units) but have been taking on smaller projects as a side gig for about 5 years now.