I am far from a financial advisor (which I hope you have a good one), but there are a lot of benefits to diversification and investing in RE. 

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.

In 2008 I was helping homeowners through the great financial crisis and there were lots of people taking advantage of homeowner's by asking for money upfront with foreclosures.Good Investing...

I’d love to have real estate provide some financial freedom/flexibility and create a portfolio that I could eventually get my kids involved with and pass down to them, but I end up feeling frozen/stuck based on the factors above. 

While there is a percentage of tenants that have logical hardships that cause theie evictions, in our experience, most evicted tenants made a series of bad, short-sighted financial choices.We offer logical Payment Plans when tenants fall behind.

Let me know if you have any questions  Hey @Connor Thomas, you're learning the #1 lesson of real estate investing, which is to run your financials carefully in advance!

I’m looking for some guidance on my next steps toward achieving financial freedom through real estate.My long-term goal is to acquire enough rental properties to secure my financial future.

Everything else will come out long down the rd in trial but for now I’m just picking brains and finding more facts with supporting evidence for actual OCGA law and or other repercussions the lender could face once we finally bring this up or I begin working with the FBI and local authorities on the other matters in the case and want to have as much info I can get ahead of time to begin documenting any case law etc to expedite the process later. 

@Connor Thomas see our cut & paste knowledge below:------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a Class A property in Class D area, what quality of tenant will you get?

If you look at things through a financial lens, follow Nathan's advice.