I'm also eager to find a mentor or connect with like-minded teens to talk about real estate.

Although not as “sexy” as what many actual real estate investors do, I’ve recently decided to start looking into REIT’s.

We may not be as sexy as Columbus but I believe we have more optionality.

It’s easy to learn, relatively safe, doesn’t require much time per loan, and the annualized percent returns can be well into the teens.

I am looking at one 2 miles from Disney with a week at the end of May, we would use this every year probably until my kids are teens but will I even get any money out of it after that?

I can tell you to the nickel what the value of our portfolio will be in six months and the returns are in the high teens, unless we get paid back sooner, which increases our return.

@Jeff Morelock Because Maintenance Reserves ain't sexy!  

It's easy to get caught up in a sexy deal and overpay just because you want the deal so badly.

@Walter FabiszewskiI started wanting to buy real estate when I was in my mid teens (12-14).

If it happens to appreciate and/or rent goes up over time, cool.Texas property taxes aren't nearly as sexy as our Prop 13 here in CA from what I understand of Texas, so that would be the only thing nudging me to unload it, depending on how aggressively the "we don't like taxes, this is Texas!"