I knew I wanted to develop an empire, scale my business, and achieve 100,000 units.

He took the new development appreciation approach.  

No (institutional) lender will finance 100% of your purchase price as a purchase, all lenders want "skin in the game".

This year, I’m committed to creating balance in my life, letting faith guide my decisions both personally and professionally.In my real estate journey, I combine my tech background with a passion for community-centered development.

I love investing and developing myself, but I do not have enough experience, and this is what makes me hesitant to enter this field.So I want to ask you, what are the ways that will make me start investing in real estate or long-term housing?

I am a little late to the game and have been told several times throughout my adult life to invest in real estate, but I ignored the advice.

Where I differ with most of the posters on this thread is that I feel solutions can be developed to address the problems and something similar to what the OP suggests would be viable. 

It's a whole new world to me and throughout the dozen books and hundred podcasts I've listened to so far I've waffled back and forth from feeling encouraged and excited to feeling like getting into the game in my area would be unattainable... and then back to being encouraged.

And the changes, such as regulation, city development, traffic flow, building views etc happen very quickly. 

He had other projects that he committed to.Want to play a challenging game?