Money should never be an issue.Out of State.

And never let friends or family rent from you. 

Watch the old classic "Pacific Heights" and you will never want to be a LTR landlord, at least in California lol. 

Just kept telling me to send some postcards...Never again with Deal Machine.  

E&O insurance, MLS fees, electronic lockbox fees, association dues, contract fees, every software agents use.Many of these fees could be close to doubling by the end of 2026.

Never let the Realtor be a barrier.

What I'm trying to say is that going up to 1.5-2 hours outside of even the biggest cities, there are pockets of affordable towns/cities with at least positive cash flow (although its never been harder to find than right now, I've been waiting for 3 years for the market to make sense before buying again). 

My end game is to show you a path to financial independence, whether that be at 45 yrs old or 70 yr old.  

That said, in the scenario you described, I’d either end up homeless and broke or starving to death, lol, while sitting on $275K of equity.

Quote from @Jacob Campbell: Hello - After listening to the podcast, I've made a commitment to purchase a rental property by the end of Q2 this year (ideally by the end of Q1).