I read Rich Dad Poor Dad back in college, and decided I wanted to buy properties then, but somehow got sidetracked when I started making money.

Starting a business is very tough so don't get side tracked. 

I have many friends who have done contract work and simply got sidetracked from original goals while overseas, which is totally understandable. 

Yes the owner has been sidetracking my questions about it.

Don't get a side track on other things that will suck up your time.

@Edgar Butler Jr, Sorry if I am sidetracking your post at all. 

So I have not yet purchased a property because I got sidetracked with another business venture.

(I'm going to get a little side tracked here, but you'd be surprised at how often this is the case for a stabilized property.

Ideally, real estate would allow us to do the following:Short Term (10-20 years): Learn as much as we can and find an investing strategy/system that fits well with our lifestyle.Allow our savings to grow with good rates of return.Long Term: Build a business that we can transfer to our children and create generational wealth.We found BiggerPockets in 2014 and were doing a lot of research, but then we got sidetracked by some other business ideas.

This is a numbers game and it is easy to get side tracked by sentimentality or other things.