@Brooks McCarvelBS in Biology, Pilot, venture into Real Estate?

Therefore, working with a single real estate agent doesn't make much sense as it will limit you to his/her very limited inventory and he/she might have as main objective to sell a property to you take advantage of your lack of knowledge of the market.

Living in a very expensive real estate market (like my Seattle area), long distance real estate investing provides a dynamic path for building a robust and diversified portfolio that I didn’t think was available.

Lock in a killer property with real upside, and when rates drop (because they always do), refinance and boost cash flow.Wait around hoping for some fairytale rate?

I need your expertise on a matter of real estate inhertitance.

Quote from @Stephen Nelson: Quote from @Julio Gonzalez: Do you have a CPA that specializes in real estate taxation?

The vast majority of your wealth gain in real estate will be by holding properties long term and the appreciation/principal paydown will slowly but surely help you become wealthy.For 90% plus of people out there who are looking to start, house hacking is the best way to go.

For those who want to geek out on Phase 1s I recently listened to an industrial real estate podcast that went into the weeds with an expert. 

This has been my observation in 45 years in real estate investment.  

Is it possible to do X+Y+Z = no money needed at all to buy real estate?