High leverage enables rapid growth, no leverage is safe and enables peaceful sleep.

Your only option will be to get a job to supplement your rental income.What if you purchased properties in a city with 8% rent growth while inflation averages 5%?

Turnkey properties, which require minimal immediate work, enable you to start generating rental income right away.Remember, no amount of education can replace the lessons learned through actual experience.

Read books and listen to podcasts to supplement your knowledge and to use for better questions, more detailed, and then when you pair that with meetups and your motivation, you are on a great trajectory.

Thanks but not sure what you mean: I had contractors quote all the work and the insurance company agreed to pay the entire amount (with an allowance for "supplemental requests for hidden damage"), except the deductible. 

She rented them out, occasionally sold for the appreciation, and bought more ... and more, and more.Successful and happy by any standard, real estate enabled Abu to buy her own home and homes for all six kids.

I'm currently the founder and CEO of 1031 Prime, a tech enabled 1031 exchange service to help keep taxes at bay and support the defer, depreciate, and die model.My goals for the next 18 months are to continue to grow 1031 Prime by servicing my fellow real estate investors and buy a small MF property, Ideally 4-8 units. 

I show people how to use permanent life insurance to supplement retirement with tax-free income.

A purpose-built LI policy can do so much and still enable RE investing--when, like you noted, it suits the needs. 

Financial independence requires an income that enables you to maintain your standard of living throughout your life.