But hey, a boy can dream, right...

I won't allow sunk costs to keep me from achieving my dreams! 

Not every house can be a good vacation rental.Sorry but no, it is not exactly a dream vacation if the house you have looks just like your neighbor's house back home. 

He changed his mind an was not on board with the house hacking idea, and has no ambition towards financial independence and would be perfectly happy drowning in debt living the “American dream”.

He changed his mind an was not on board with the house hacking idea, and has no ambition towards financial independence and would be perfectly happy drowning in debt living the “American dream”.

@Vincent Rodriguez You're not dreaming....that's just the reality of SoCal.

I commonly hear, “As a realtor, we have the clients best interest in mind and will do whatever it takes to find the home of your dreams” vs. what you are saying as “We’ll only show you houses that we make enough money on”.

You can have ten houses and one bad renter who doesn't pay and maybe 4 that are always late....end of dream...nightmare stuff.  

This has been a dream of mine since I was 8 years old; I have always dreamed of flipping properties and to fix and hold properties, but have been too scared to start.

We believe it would be a burden.But it is a longstanding dream of mine to endow a struggling charity that I know well, to hand over just as much money to it as I can when I go.