The reason I love investing in real estate as a path for building wealth is the CONTROL.

Lots of quicker cash can be made flipping as well but long term wealth is built by holding them.

Wealth is when your passive income exceeds your expenses.

Being prior military some times you can get called out for your tattoos and judged, and I notice people starring in public. it does not bother me, it actually can make me laugh, but none the less, it can have an effect early in the game. the goal is to get wealthy enough that I dont need to worry what someone thinks, and if they do not like the tattoos, then we dont need to do business.thanks for your input.

I have a tenant who's wealthy parents pay the rent six months in advance.

Look at the truly wealthy RE investors and the formula is usually the same; expertise in one market (usually local) and expertise in ONE maybe two asset classes be it SFR, MF, commercial, etc.

Also, unless you are independtly wealthy and receive oil royalty checks you need to know everything about debt almost better than you know how to find a deal.

I heard about the success stories of most them and admired their businesses, but they all seemed successful, wealthy, and miserable.

Within two hours I had a contract on it.I had a river property and a wealthy neighbor who owned several hundred acres.

So, a wealthy individual approached me 3 or so months ago and asked if I would be willing to partner with him.