Also id like to section 8 tenants as well  Focus on buying your first unit -  you are putting the cart before the horse and do not know what you do not know.

LOL  OMG what a bunch of horse dodo.. cant see how anyone could think that is real. 

It has a 2,100sf home on the property, horse barn, pasture, rodeo ring, and backs up to a small body of water.

Until about 2 years ago I owned a custom wheel company that built one off wheels for high end/race cars.I currently daily drive a 2005 BMW 745i, trying to decide what to replace it with.

I think you need to pick a horse and reason from there.  

Slow and stead wins the race.

That's near 100k and you're out of the rat race right?

Not a bad way to f-off from the RE rat race!

There are more methods and the book "Becoming your own Banker" by Nelson Nash is a great start for your financial goals and getting out of the "rat race".  

It's not a competition between the two anymore than a foot race between a snail and a cheetah.