So if you are just starting out you have to run on that hamster wheel pretty hard to make just 100k a year.

when your on the rental hamster wheel you have to either keep going or pay back your deprection etc etc.. but still all in all  RE has many financial benefits

Depreciation is what creates the tax shelter but if you ever sell you have to recapture the deprecation and then pay tax.. so once you get on the RE investment hamster wheel you have to keep running till you die and then your heirs get a stepped up basis if that tax treatment is still there when we expire.. so once in you have to stay in.. you want to cash out and or you tire of rental real estate and being a landlord your going to have to pay the tax at that time..

Some people call that the Golden Hamster Wheel - you need to keep investing to keep deferring the tax. 

Nope, I am totally staying put.Your the first to mention recapture that is the real issue at the end of the day selling now for lower cap gain tax can see that but the recapture for those with long term holdings can be the real killer .. which forces you to stay on the rental real estate Hamster wheel.

those building wealth Through real estate will get on the depreciation hamster wheel through various methods.. that's 99% of the BP audience.

After 13 years of investing we both can quit if we wanted to and get off of the hamster wheel of chasing money.  

Hey all, I see so many posts, " I am researching, " I am doing my homework" , I am trying to build my team" "Deciding on which area"  So many are TRYING but never do anything, like a hamster on a wheel, A LOT of movement but staying in the same place.

lol...i'm sure the hamsters will be thrilled to be part of your "rescue program."

Be careful on the C/D class "cash flow hamster wheel" where you turn over the units every 6 months due to evictions, and have them sit vacant for a while waiting for good tenants, and have to keep fixing them up to attract decent tenants.