I hate to bring this up, but if you ever played Monopoly, well... you don't win the game with Mediterranean or Baltic Avenue. 

Supposedly that Mediterranean diet will help your brain health too.Only 20% of the US population smokes and that decreases as income goes up so I you probably won't see alot of smoking investors.

The fable of the tortoise and hare might be informative. 

It can get pretty chilly in this Mediterranean climate of ours.

Add to that the principle you are banking away each month and the tortoise becomes the rabbit pretty rapidly.

Tortoise and the hare lol

My name is Justin.I have worked in the property industry in the UK for a number of years, in Property Management and Sales of Rent 2 Rent holiday villas around the Mediterranean, as an Estate Agent and Deal Sourcer and now in Conveyancing.Over these years I have helped many home buyers and investors on their property journey but now in 2024 my focus has shifted to how I can transition into a real estate investor in my own right, and build my own property portfolio.I have been a big Bigger Pockets podcast listener for a number of years and I have found it to be a massive motivation tool in my working life but I am super excited to now lean on all the amazing resource as I commence my own investment journey.I am originally from Australia and have spent the last 13 years living in London, UK.

Although I don't consider Rich Dad Poor Dad necessarily a real estate book, it's what started my journey to this website inevitably.Currently I'm stuck with limited resources as I'm floating somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea somewhere, but I've already completed a few eBooks from Jay Scott, David Lindahl and Brandon the founder of BRRRR. 

Are you a tortoise or a hare? 

"Good Debt" works when tenants pay the rent, but good debt becomes bad debt when that rental income stream dries up for any reason.Some people thrive on going through the rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches cycle multiple times ["nothing ventured, nothing gained"], but for me, I believe the slow-and-steady-wins-the-race approach of the tortoise over that of the hare.