I still consider land one of the best low-risk investments when purchased correctly.

Re-titling real estate can get expensive with the misc. transactional fees associated with the process + you are at risk of the lender triggering the due on sale clause if you don't plan on refinancing the real estate.

Utah County is 8 years on average younger than Salt Lake County, Demographics are more important than any other factor in real estate investing.2.

The big issue is building a single small residential unit is the most expensive residential development.Here is a list of why adding a single ADU in single family zoned areas in my CA market is typically a poor RE investment:1) The value added by the ADU addition is often significantly less than the cost of adding the ADU.

You need to invest in commercial.

I tried attending one in my local market a couple of times but felt like I was in some hotel ballroom being pitched on how the 12 year-old kid up in front would teach us all how to run to the back of the room to swipe $10K on our AMEX for the secrets of real estate investing.

Quote from @Torrean Edwards: Early in my investing career, I had some success, but then the crash happened.

Have been talking about getting into real estate investing for the last 2-3 years and finally pulled the trigger on a 3 unit house hack in Soulard that will be closing later this month and will be self-managing the property.I'm trying to network a bit with other investors, build a solid team of contractors / handymen, and set my systems up in way to scale, but also so my tenants have a good experience.

Once you are in the habit of not spending so much, with no debt in a few years, you will be able to save and invest like crazy!! 

•The short-term rental market is competitive, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a bad investment.