Same amount of cash can produce a lot more returns when leveraged. 

This usually works best for something that's mass produced and has a predictable lifespan.

In Nov 2017, my real estate agent told me she sold a home in Palo Alto, 2 bedroom 1 bath about 1200 sq ft with 5500 lot for $2.8M! 

By day, I'm a video producer and operate a couple of LLC's doing production work and my only retirement setup at the moment is a Roth IRA.

I have 10 rental units in Atlanta, and like everyone else, have been having a harder time finding solid deals that produce the way my current ones do.

I've been in the REIT space for a long time and there hasn't been much innovation on the data front in resi real estate.

.- There is a possibility you won't sell your property for a price high enough to justify selling and you may have to rent it for a while (oh, and incur a bunch of new financing & title co costs to refi out of your hard money loan).The ONLY fun things about them are: (a)  they are finally over, and (b) hopefully, you produced a good product and sold it with a profit... latter isn't guaranteed as you could guess from the earlier discussion.Consider negotiating your purchase prices harder and "wholetailing" instead of rehabbing.

First, you should consider what expenses your property typically produces for tenants in addition to the rent.

I have aspirations of flying for the airlines someday, but I also have aspirations of developing a RE portfolio that produces around 10k a month so I can have a FI lifestyle and live out some of my other dreams.

@Stephanie PierieYou can use the BP calculators and they will produce a report that is usefull when proposing something to a potential partner.