“~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I would totally agree, it's more of luxury investing“ monthly association fees “ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Monthly fees could range from $37 to $179 per month( depending on the services and points plan you purchased )“i have a time share (hilton). it makes me take more vacations “~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I totally agree – heck we got an Exec rooms in Florida for a great dealCurrent market : I would invest my funds in Real Estate properties versus timeshares.

Pretty much $1 per square foot unless you go ultra high-end which gets about $1.50 (the high rise apartments near this property are getting that).

For example, the luxury market rehabs generally take 2-3 times longer to sell than the under $100K rehabs.

Now, if I play my cards right and work hard and have some preparedness to meet opportunity, then maybe I will be able to "talk" about the luxury of diversification.Having a marketable education and/or skillset can go a long way to keep you afloat in good and bad times.

This not only might reduce cost, but also reduces family pain of moving, burden on other family and you'll have the luxury of moving in a less hectic manner and over a couple of weekends perhaps. thinking out loud, you could get something under contract, close in 60 days, then have tenants move in 2 weeks or 1 month later depending on how quick you can make things happen.

My ultra mite goal is to have passive income through buy and holds.

This idea of a "starter home", "move up home", "mini-mansion", and then a "move down retirement" house is great for the folks collecting all those commissions.

Fifty 5 star hotels, very luxurious housing, amazing restaurants and the rich are flooding in.

And if you fall for the "starter home, move up home, mini-mansion" strategy, transaction costs will kill you.

I also read that Vanilla Ice is a real estate flipper (even has a show about his projects) and the actor Jeremy Renner is also a flipper of mansions in the L.A area.Any other "secret" real estate investors out there?