Consumption of material things measures fairly low on the happiness scale - especially if done in isolation, without friends or family.For this reason, it makes sense to sacrifice needless consumption (call it frugality if you must) in order to create a passive income stream as quickly as possible, which should have the primary purpose of freeing up our time in order to devote more of it to the primary pursuit of good, healthy, relationships - and freeing up our minds so that we can be emotionally "present" when around those we love.

If something happened that required me to take the life of another human, I could try to justify it as "self defense" but the truth is, I chose to place myself in that situation in the pursuit of money.

You're jumping over $32k in pursuit of $200. 

Here's something to consider: Are you on a relentless pursuit of happiness or are you on a relentless pursuit of truth?

CA is still an Awesome state when you think of the width and breadth of it and no state has the diversity of out door pursuits..

Once a person is financially free, that means that person can engage in pursuits of passion vs pursuits of necessity.

To be more successful, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit.

I'm eager to leverage my research skills and passion for data analysis in the pursuit of future investments.

Be resilient in your pursuit.

If you're serious about going this route to actually sell residential real estate and not just for supplementing your pursuit of being an investor, I would strongly recommend David's new book "Sold" (in the BP library).