Tripping over dollars to pick up pennies.Even when investing in your local market one should think about making it as passive/hands off as possible.Not right away but over time for sure.As the cliche saying goes "Working on the business and not in the business"Investing in real estate shouldn't just become another job.Easier said than done but still, this should be every investors focus IMO.Happy Weekend bro 🙏 there was a case where an Aussie citizen decided they were going to save money and come to detroit to do their renovations themselves.. got in a arguement with someone and boom shot dead.  

This off season, mission beach was the most dead since the Great Recession (excluding COVID lockdown periods).  

If you are referring to design, amenities, stocking and renovation, I have plenty of experience!

Expedia's stock price is almost exactly where it was 5 years ago YTD.

Using zillow as your only data source for analyzing a rental market is analogous to buying a stock because you like its ticker symbol.

Your income is very solid, but you don't want to add dead weight to your earnings by going too big, too soon.

Which I think is why MOST properties don't sell for that close to the market value.its not that much different from a stock option right?

.- RE is overpriced so buy stocks. 

With $1M today, and $2M accumulated and invested over 13 more years, I think you are looking at an end state NW of ~$5M.Personally, I’d love an end state $5M portfolio that looked something like this:$750K paid off home$250K cash$2M stock portfolio (as much as possible in tax advantaged accounts likely 401(k), HSA, and less in the Roth in this situation).

The wholesale/realtor/flip side of our business also was completely dead during that time and we had a lot of vacancies in our LTRs so it was a very challenging time.