Going through the experience and taking action will add more to your future wealth, then getting stuck in the numbers - CoC or ROI are not set in stone, and they also are just snap shots of what you see today.

I think having a rental within driving distance, where you can afford it, in a market that will grow long term....this is the starting place.Whatever you buy today you'll be glad to have in 5 years or 10 years.Start where you can and grow from there.

Meanwhile, I created one LLC and business bank account to pay property tax, mortgage and day-to-day operating cost.

I just upgraded to iPhone 13 pro today only to find out I can’t access the bigger pockets app anymore because it’s no longer available in the App Store and I can’t open the app on my new phone although everything else migrated just fine. .

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around how to actually make this happen in today's world. 

But today, my husband and I live comfortably, and we’ve traveled to 20 countries over the past few years.I’ve been listening to BiggerPockets since 2013 and was even featured on the Rookie podcast.

And what today - probably near 8%.

The markets have changed quickly, and what worked 5 years ago may differ significantly from what will drive success today.

@Naresh Yegireddi- This is above my pay grade but I was reading an article in the Wall Street Journal today about how the highest-earning 10% of Americans account for more than 50% of consumer spending. 

Her lawyer told her that she really needs to increase the rent she is charging her father-in-law to to $800/month, but when we were looking at her finances today, she has only actually been getting $150/month.