It didn't yell "cute" in the Zillow picture, but improving curb appeal won't be a huge investment.

Hey y'all! I have been in real estate full time since 2012, started investing in Sober Living homes in 2019 and we now have 62 of them across 14 different states. Forums and meetups like BP have changed the game for m...

We both know the numbers you used (mostly that 1000% return number) aren't practical, but humoring them paints an interesting picture about the financial advantage of leverage.

Mostly due to the fact my spouse and I agreed on her to have zero involvment in any sort of RE investing (and its our home) I think once you have a good 6-12 months of reserve cash (operating expenses for your own life saved as a back up incase things go bad) save enough liquidity to get the ball rolling on your first invesment.

Cashflow on a spreadsheet vs. cashflow in real life are very different things, too. 

Valuable and soon to be life changing profitability Lessons learned?

This may come into play as you near the end of life and need to think about estate planning.4. 

Remember, not every single decision in your life has to make financial sense.

This money would change my life but i have a hard time believing this.

I don't think those are bad things and sometimes the personal decision for your ideal life outweighs the "conventional hold forever" decision.You have options, that's the best place you can be.