@Anthony Certonio - Welcome to the vibrant BP community and thanks for your service.You already have some experience and with additional effort, will quickly climb the REI ladder to its pinnacle.

Then follow NJ Transit Stops to Bay Head NJ and evaluate inventory.Your other hot rental shore property markets go from LBI, Avalon, Stone Harbor, Sea Isle City, Brigentine or Margate depending on what you can pre qualify for based on your DTI and the Global DTI including the acquisition.Let me know if you have any questions.Regards,Joe Scorese

Of course, if you zoom out globally you're a 1%'er without question.

As the economy is a semi-independent/semi-world economy (independent economies dependent upon DEEP trans-national inter connections) various iterations of this are likewise playing out globally as well. 

I'm specifically interested in the Capital Square area of downtown, curious whether there is an already vibrant live/work scene there currently or that is being developed.

I am a landlord, and contrary to what the woke movement might think my job is not to address income inadequacies or solve global problems. 

@Andrew FreedI am in the camp of the IUL vs Whole Life.You need to find a good agent who understand maximum overfunded permanent life insurance.Two YouTube channels that I recommend:Tom RutkowskiIBC Global IncThe first one will give you a lot of good insight on IUL.

Free advice is exactly that...free...and while there is some very good advice here, you have people who have studied years and years in this filed, litigated cases, and have advised hundreds of clients in your situation.It's no different to me than people who blindly speak about topics they no nothing of -- politics, climate change, national and global banking, etc.

It's great for scaling your rental empire as it ignores your "global cash flow" and only focuses on the cash flow for the subject property.I hope that helped answer your question.

Technology which is the backbone of the Bay Area economy is now a huge contributor to global growth making our economy even more prominent.