They started a Facebook group that's up to 150 people (all icona buyers), we've reached out and both cnn and Toronto Star have published an article, and the lawyers working on the Cosmo condo case has reached out and offered to start the process for us.

Secondary being funds from an independent source.Sophisticated investors used a mixture of primary and secondary...

My goal is to eventually become financially independent to the point of being able to work my current job 6 months out of the year.

Places that are growing, Also, I'd do a quick few hours of digging on even zillow, and get some data points of highest ratio of average rent price/average sales price of SFH.This will get you pointed in the right direction to get independently informed...

An engineer's mind may need higher control over investment :))) let's check on the scenario of independent investing: with 40K down and conventional mortgage you could get a decent quality old duplex in the good location of Midwest. 

I am closing today and will publish my numbers. 

This might be a lengthy post so I apologize.Last March I took my first full time job as an experiential market manager in Orlando and although my job is pretty fun I quickly realized why I was an independent contractor for so long.

If you are working towards financial independence or to leave your day job, and you're comfortable with the idea of being a landlord, I like the idea of investing the resources to update the house now, and putting in a renter.

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I thought sharing it today would help keep me motivated on my path to financial independence and maybe it will help some of you who are starting out.I grew up very poor.