That depends on what I am starting with capital wise, family wise, and intentions.If I'm a regular joe believing the ******** BP and other areas state of FI in 5 years with REI I take a chill pill and start buying in an area that's showing promise(already changing) in a city that's growing(industry, population wise) that's free from natural disaster risk(as best as I could).

Having your calendar sync up between all is where a PMS comes in beautifully and OwnerRez is sou-to-nuts that best one out there.We went from one property to three within two years and the platform handles things wonderfully.The UI/UX utterly blows but the functionality is second to none. 

Vs her current super-chill life, get's special discounts all over the place for being "too poor" and all the while can work cash jobs when wants extra, keeps her bank account low, plays the game to get here "free ride". 

Complete and utter insanity that anyone would ever have "invested" into such a bonkers thing. 

A little conversation redirect here: this "method" as posed by the original poster has been thoroughly and utterly debunked.A quick analogy:I brush my teeth two minutes per cleaning.

Yet, in my humble opinion, not investing internationally is utterly financially irresponsible.

The way you handled all of this absolute crap and bounced back with utterly undaunted positivity is downright inspiring. 

It's not the middle of the woods in upstate Wyoming, chill the f*ck out.

I will chill withElon MuskBill MillerDan TapieroMike Novagratz Mike McGloneMichael SaylorGoldman SachsEntire countriesZuckerberg Jack DorseyTim CookTim DraperAndreeson HorowitzMark CubanTim Oleary Paul Tudor JonesRapul PalMax KeiserJordan BelfortFidelityVisaPaypaland all the insurance companies, pensions, 401k, hedge funds, mortgage companies, University endowments, local and state governments.you drop in with some spiteful opinion and drop an article once in a while - articles that agree with your bias. 

I suspect many of these investor where not in deals in those years and never really saw or experienced the utter wipe outs that were happening to billion dollar companies.