Always remember to play the long game.

Sure, you could be ahead if you play the RE game but nothing is certain and paying it off could help facilitate a career change.  

At the point in my life, I couldn't possibly afford to buy a fully renovated house with zero cash flow and play the appreciation game.As I built confidence (and savings), I bought bigger properties.

.- Jason is right, most homeowner would not sell their homes, because they want to play the game, everyone knows in 2025 things would be better so strategy is to wait at least for another 18 months for "wait and see".

You have to play the market at the current time.

:)LP's; if they play the game well can at least offset gains and re-invest them to kick the tax can down the road. 

Unless you are a very experienced swing/day trader, you should be mentally prepared to play the longer term game on any funds put in this market (or in other words ready to let your money sit for 3+ years) and even ready to average down.

.- Plug and play the numbers game to figure out how many wholesale deals you need to achieve your goals.- Let every, single human being you come in contact with know what you are doing.- Get out on the street and meet at least 3 new people per day!

., Play the lottery!

Don't play the games, sounds like you don't need to anyway.