., those with money) that you have a certain set of talents,  and that itself will attract funds.

He could have more talent in his 3 appendages than most have in their four....

Im in the top 1% of agents nation wide and honestly I know people who struggle to make a living doing this that have more inate talent at it than I do.

Plenty of great Universities nearby to attract talent from.

In a highly competitive industry that must work hard to attract and keep talent, employees are in a since "customers" as well as you the employer are paying them to provide a service.

Jobs aren't bad, the wrong job is the problem. also having no job will crush your ability to use leverage. take your time, find a place that you can use your talents, grow, and be inspired. you can jump head first into real estate, but I would suggest that you implement a goal, plan on how to get there, then implement.

Waste of time and talent IMO. 

None the less I've been able to monetize my talents, slowly but surely I'll get to where I want to be.

Buy and Hold deals don't really require any special talent and could eventually provide you with positive cash flow and give you an increase in value that could allow you to retire comfortably with all of your properties managed by a property management company doing the daily management and sending you some checks every month that you can survive on and, hopefully, doing whatever you want to do. 

Regardless though I did learn a few things there mainly how to look for decent properties which I like to brag that I think I actually have a talent in.So since I had no money I decided to go to college for computer science.