The 54-year-old worked as a food delivery driver, but orders slowed down this summer.

Driven by favorable interest rates and stock market performance, debt issuance has been the main capital driver.

A lot of folks see the major cities as the drivers of economic growth. 

@Suhaib - For me, the biggest driver is the ability to increase rents for a particular building/property and then investigating what it would take to get the rents to that level.

I’m glad you’ve identified the first vehicle you would like to take.

I get a non refundable $500  deposit along with copy of Drivers license. 

A simple 5% return per year gets you $50k/year...and you still have the $1M to adjust to inflation by reinvesting into different vehicles along the way.Focusing on taking the long term returns ($$$/year) can be a better choice, but you have to look at the long term impact with all your options, compare them, and then make a choice.Do you think they teach that in school now? 

You'll be one of the wealthiest people you know by the time you are 40.As you gain experience, you may discover you hate dealing with tenants and this is the wrong vehicle for you to build wealth.

In general medical professionals are looking for smaller units (studio/1 bedrooms) not 2+ bedrooms- In order to understand corporate demand you should research the types of corporations in the market and figure out if they bring traveling / temporary workers to the area because not all corporations do- You didn't mention colleges but if there's higher education nearby this can also be a driver of MTR demand.

There are 2 drivers for what you will get in Section 8 rent:1.