Names a mundane thing something different, makes it all sexy, hypes it up, etc. 

I admit it's not sexy and it's slow, but it works.If I had to do it all over again, I'd buy a personal home with 3-5% down then repeat every 12-18 months.

After all...it’s the “sexy” asset class everyone wants, yes?

No, this is not the sexy HGTV-style version of real estate investing - it's the real wealth-building kind.

I was driving around there one time and got surrounded by a group of teens with stun guns laughing at me. 

I have a good income producing job, however, I have a 6 member household with teens, preteens, and children who are eating up my house like Pacman, lol. 

And we all know you have toddlers and pre teens and they are rough on houses..

We have plenty of sexy properties like that in Kansas City.

Chino also has lower property values, is more rural, with higher crime and much higher teen pregnancy, less jobs, but less rules and more farming/animals/ranches. 

Quote from @Mike Dymski: I have an IRR threshold of 20+% for direct owned real estate due to the work involved; otherwise, I invest passively in syndications to get returns in the teens.