For example, if you want that nest egg of a retirement account to grow quite a bit, but don't necessarily need cashflow monthly or even quarterly from it, maybe investing in a syndication where you are invested with other people in a larger commercial property makes sense. 

We will be getting into buy and hold, but in order to get a nest egg to invest in real estate, we chose to start with flipping.  

The government will and they are allowing less autonomy every day in how things run.In my opinion the regulatory rat's-nest has been just another tool used to hamstring small business and empower the corporate consolidations.     

Or fleeces you cause you haven't the slightest clue about what you are doing and there goes the nest egg and college fund.The only sane answer is "What are you NUTS?

The beat up cat pee ridden flea nests are gone. 

But doing it this way you need to either have a nest egg saved up or have a good paying job with a prequalification letter in hand. 

We have had turkeys on the decks as well as covey's of quail.There are 3 active bald eagles nests right near the house as well as numerous osprey's.

ThanksIf your monthly expenses are being covered by your nest egg, I wouldn't invest yet.

Mice LOVE to chew holes into this stuff and use it for nesting material. 

Some people have a nest egg and when they hit X dollar amount they quit their day job and go full time into REI.I think what you will find is most common though is that people start REI while working and when they start making enough to support themselves and still save for that next investment, is when most people make the jump to full time.