It seems that their general consensus on real estate investing is to buy distressed properties, rehab and flip them, only holding and leasing them in some cases (I do plan on purchasing only distressed properties, unless an amazing turnkey opportunity presents itself) The way I see it is, in the short term, flipping is going to make you money a lot quicker, but, being so young and acquiring numerous property's at a young age, holding/renting and having them paid off by the time I turn 36-38 (if the plan doesn't deviate too much) is going to allow for a huge cash flow, help me to build my portfolio even greater and allow me to invest heavily in commercial real estate.

I am heavily invested in my stock portfolio and have slowly come to realize that I have a lot of money in a system I don't fully trust or believe in its operating systems.

Will I get heavily taxed on my profits?

The problem is that in a market that is heavily saturated with buyers and investors many of the other offers will likely have these same terms.

Essentially you have "dead equity" and a state of California that can be tenant friendly with your 400k property.If your paper investments are with REIT's their returns cycle heavily.

From a RE standpoint WNC relies so heavily on FL and ATL residents as secondary home owners to drive the market.  

The market I am invested in is heavily tied to the price of agricultural commodities.

One issue with stocks is that they are heavily herd driven for values with buying and selloff's.

i still am. the second point why we update so heavily up front is because i dont want call backs. i hate that stuff, so it's not as hard to do it at the moment ourselves.the other day i pulled a "retirement number" out of the air and it's 35. who knows what will happen in the years to come.

Estimating demand is tricky.. demand is HEAVILY influenced by the type of house, and type of furnishings (and thus, pictures)... so...