I am on Bigger Pockets to learn and better prepare myself for my career in commercial brokerage.

  $225k profit per property...and your idle cash earns/saves high cost of borrowing (as you mentioned) and de-risks development. 

The investors that I work with are people who are keeping their jobs or careers, and investing in real estate to grow generational wealth.  

Its like asking whats a better career for someone who you know nothing about and they say they want to play in the NBA but you learn they are 4 feet tall.

, and earn the respect of older, more successful people. 

A lower price point can look like better cashflow on paper, but those earnings normally don't come for free.

This might appeal to them since they could earn from both the cash flow and appreciation.Another option could be structuring the buyout or new partnership using a shared appreciation agreement.

Waiting for market changes post-election can help find distressed properties, while short-term rentals like Airbnb can earn higher income.

Early Financial freedom will forever elude the person earning a middle class income, but who is unwilling to do some combination of quitting their job for something much higher risk/reward, like starting a business, drastically cutting back on expenses, etc.

His second book "How To Make a Fortune Today Starting from Scratch", which contained many commonly asked questions and his answers.Nickerson has been an inspiration to me in my investing career, and later was an inspiration for me to write my real estate book.