Financial freedom requires maintaining your lifestyle for life.

So it's not a 9-5 thing for me, it's a lifestyle. 

not everyone's lifestyle or family situation permit but it's a great way to get started.and i agree with the others... 100% leverage is very risky. 

Nowhere is wholesaling the attractive “lifestyle” promoted by people with something to sell you.  

I now have 10 rental houses, am looking to move to small apartment buildings and am a basic member at Lifestyles Unlimited, which I also find to be worth the minimal membership fee.  

This really isn't a question of what's the "best" way to invest, it's more what works well for you, your resources and lifestyle. 

If you have a high rent and no rent control, without knowing anything else about your financial situation, lifestyle etc. 

I do NOT owe anyone who made other choices any part of my lifestyle I EARNED!

We might consider the lifestyle aspect if it's a place where we want to go back regularly.Speaking of Mexican cartels, I've been going to Mexico for more than 20 years, know a huge number of people who invest and work in real estate across the country and I've never heard about cartels taking over properties.

Could you have done better elsewhere - of course - but at the end of the day all that matters is are youLiving the lifestyle you wanted to live