I know many can't do this but the brrr strategy seems like it is really hard to pull off, and I can imagine feeling like what is going on when you look at your account but never really see it grow and you own properties.I guess if you want to expand as big and as fast as possible brrrr works, you are really leveraged, and you have a bunch of properties, and if everything goes well, you could do what I do and roll all the profit to pay down one and still pay it down quickly and soon it would become a steam roller of fully owned properties.I just can't imagine being able to find all these "deals" and expand my empire that quickly that I would be able to get the returns I feel comfortable with. 

It wasn't until I was in my late teens did I start to show an interest in it, and by that time it was the middle of '08-'10 and I was highly discouraged from making that my career of choice.Of course time went on, and as I'm sure you all know, the oil & gas industry is a roller coaster, and during the last lull, I tried my hand at real estate full time, and became licensed as an agent in Louisiana.

(And we also want to ride all of the big roller coasters of the world!)  

Real estate is a roller coaster and right now this ride is near the top which means profit margins are thin.

To expand on that, I have another line off to the right breaking down purchases even further.An example might be a line for paint brushes/roller.

I wrap the roller/brush I use in an old bag and store it in the freezer between coats so it doesn't dry out and I can keep using it again until I'm through with the process.If you rent the sander pick up a ton of the grit paper. 

@Doug Rayburn I had this problem rehabbing a house in ChinaTown so much grease we had to remove lathe and plaster and drywall it.Another time it was oil paint and trying to cover it with latex.Worst was a calcimine kitchen ceiling where the paint would "unroll" right behind the roller we were using to put it on;-)Most of the time I wash it with TSP then clear water and let it dry.

He did one coat, then went around with a spotlight and a roller for "touch ups" in lieu of a 2nd coat.

The key to his success is to "always skate to where the puck is going"  The "puck" in real estate investing is senior housing.Gene

I have been investing since 2001 and went through the roller coaster of 2008 crash,  made money, lost money and came out OK. over the years, I had two evictions sued by tenant once and tenant lost in small claims court.