Teach others and pay it forwardTo paraphrase Rich Dad Poor Dad, "Wealth is the number of days you can survive forward if you lost your job today."

Live in Lowell, buy two houses, save time, energy, money on your commute, and embrace the arts scene and cultureS-- plural emphasized.

Other than rain of course ;) Cost of living was low, taxes were low, personal freedom was high, I really liked the culture that used to exist here too before pretentious yuppie corporate culture completely took over.

Which are certainly going to exceed $1,000.The only other way is to find wealthy individuals with no idea of what a good return is and ask them for a x% loan on 100% of the money with no payments and the hope you will sell it for a profit at the end.

If only someone could find a way to build housing that the majority of the market is demanding (currently being supplied by older C and B class assets) they would solve a major economic/society issue and become enormously wealthy. 

When I partner with wealthy individuals I get bank financing. 

I think the welcoming culture and the sharing of knowledge is my favorite aspect of the biggerpockets community.

And if you move inland how much will you miss the beach culture, because it is different.

Bottom line - its kind of a street rat culture, lots of low-level hustler types who like to post checks to their social media, rent flashy apartments, and other silly stuff, but the good ones do well.  

I also had heard larger investors criticize common techniques used by mom and pop investors such as investing locally and self managing.In the end I found out that mom and pop investors and the techniques they use are not bad and they enabled me to invest and make money even though I didn’t start off wealthy.