Do some research, but if/when you decide to make it happen, abolish that mindset and convince yourself you're 100% going to make it happen.Good luck.

W2 is modern day slavery, sure being self employed is a lot of work but you create your own destiny.

"__________________No dice Anthony, but you are completely and totally ignorant of the approach the South took to Slavery.

Thank you @Paul Moore, You have fantastic goals, I hope I could help to fight Modern Slavery. 

Some buildings in the city have specific rules completely abolishing short term rentals and as J Martin posted earlier, the fines can be atrociously high.

The joy you get from purchasing newer, fancier, bigger things is fleeting, and once that joy fades it is just another thing you need to spend time, money, and energy maintaining such that your possessions end up owning you ... that is not freedom, it's slavery.

My daughter is 4 and waiting for my Ca properties to provide enough cash flow to live would mean that she is kissing boys and drinking beer before I can escape corporate slavery!

Working a job felt like literal slavery, and I didn't know why and though I tried I could find no one, literally zero individuals, that didn't think that was a vast over-dramatization of reality.In The Bible it explains that a person should not go into debt.

For those unfamiliar with DC counsels TOPA laws, see the link below:https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/dc-council-seeks-to-abolish-tenants-right-of-first-refusal-to-buy-their-landlords-single-family-homes/2018/05/01/80ba1e12-4a3d-11e8-9072-f6d4bc32f223_story.html

I don't particularly want to be sitting on 500 units in 2021 when Bernie Biden abolishes 1031 exchanges, interest rates are 7% and agency debt requires 65% LTV and investors begin to clamor for 7% cap in markets not in CA or NY.