Some people get so offended that they will want to physically harm you.These kind of people thrive on confrontation.

You don’t always have to buy $100k houses and put 100k into them... ...Remember what Kevin Hart said “Stay in your own line” Great approach taken,its like "four green houses then one red hotel".I really like also the way others highlighted that real estate investing has a mission of serving the community by providing "safe, affordable, well maintained housing" more than just money.

We're in a thriving market and college town, and I'm wanting to capitalize on it!

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This business thrives highly because of the ecosystem created for the buyer to be handed deals on a platter without any Sweat Equity requirements on their behalf.

He knows what he knows and it sounds like he doesn't want the adventure (or fear and uncomfortableness) of changing that.Maybe the best course is to honor your father and support his desire to keep his 1031 close by geographically but use your own resources to start a thriving out of state real estate empire. 

I am a part-time investor, and am going the passive route at the time to help build up our portfolio for cashflow, as I also have a thriving direct sales business and my family to focus on.  

You know those Prius drivers who carpool and collect trash on the weekends as a hobby.I'm no different, I mean if I get a fix n flip I'd like to make it better to live in but also shrink its carbon foot print, but I don't know what kind of negativitey, if any comes from focusing a fixer upper into a GREEN house.  

I recently discovered a company called "Thrive Development Group" in Baltimore which seemed too good to be true.

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