Keep your W-2 job, save, and you’ll be able to afford your next down payment.

One of the biggest problems in the area is lack of jobs. 

He prided himself on being hands-on, convinced that no one else could do the job as well as he could.One evening, exhausted from another 14-hour day, Michael met with his friend James, a seasoned real estate investor."

You can't genuinely expect other cities to not try to create the infrastructure, job desirability, living conditions to impede such progress.

I make about 70k a year from my salaried job and my friend makes double that.

I am currently 21 years old and was recently hired with my dream job in Sarasota County (I saw that Sarasota wasn’t an option so I picked the closest.)

Hello all -I have been thinking of getting into realestate investment for a while with a goal of generating income stream (today my only income Is through my job - I make decently as a senior exec). 

This is not as passive as other investing but it will help launch your portfolio so that you can continue to invest without needing to work additional jobs.

Painting, for instance- an amatuer could take their time and paint a house over the course of a couple weeks and do a great job, but a professional crew could do the entire job in a day. 

If it's not a real job... next.