Well to be fair I’m not saying he shouldn’t have bought them (the coc return with leverage almost certainly outperformed an index fund, granted with a lot more headache) or even that he should have sold them a few years ago (the index fund thing makes a ton of sense & I’ve sold properties before and just eaten a small cap gains but when you keep stuff forever that hit becomes really hard to swallow) just that the type of asset you are in when you are older matters a lot more than when your 25, also 5 is hard to manage, if you have 25 rentals and your 88 your going to have a hard time regardless of if you have property management.

Quote from @Travis Timmons: Maximize your W2 earnings, get a 2nd job, swallow your pride and live at home (if that's an option), don't spend a dime on anything if it is not food, housing, or transportation, and pile up money. 

Or maybe it's time to scrape and start over again, bigger and more units, or maybe that bitter taste in your mouth has you thinking mini storage or a parking lot, or green house for one of these CBD outfits.In short think about things in terms of cash flow vs head aches plus time, not doors.

I know that is a hard pill to swallow, but if you are unwilling to consider that possibility, then you are closed minded.

Bitter pill to swallow, but we thank God we're out of there now and focused on other areas that actually cash flow.Good luck with whatever you end up doing. 

It is a hard pill to swallow that you will be hungry sometimes, you will be tired sometimes, you will live in discomfort, you will struggle and you will achieve only in adversity. 

I think that is why this 97% stat is hard for most of us to swallow.

@Erica Swallow I will check out Tresa, Erica.

This is a good lesson, it's a hard pill to swallow.

The ghetto swallows you up, and no government or aid can overcome what you see on a daily basis.