I've progressed from owning fixer upper duplexes in the north end of Winnipeg where I would do the renos myself late into the night; to purchasing large apartment buildings to acquiring properties in 13 different cities across Canada and the United States. to now buying office buildings and institutional-grade grocery-anchored retail centers leased to national tenants and publicly traded companies like Walmart, Safeway, and Loblaws.Before 27, I achieved lean FIRE, all thanks to the inspiration and fundamental concepts from the BP podcast and the incredible people I've met along the way in this entrepreneurial journey by betting on myself, committing to lifelong learning, and nurturing an insatiable curiosity.If someone like me, who barely made it through high school and would be considered "unlikely to succeed" by my peers, can do it, so can anyone reading this.

Ryan I have to first correct a major fundamental flaw in your analysis, and conversation of things. 

Some things may be different, such as the occasional leasehold condo and coastal issues, but the rest is just the fundamentals -- marketing, financing, rehabbing, etc.

What is your fundamental desire when selling?

The consensus, not surprisingly, was that we are in uncertain times but there are certain societal and market fundamentals that make residential rental property, aka SFR and BFR, extremely attractive asset classes, short-term, mid-term and long-term.

Skip the pre-packaged tools and build your own, focusing on the fundamentals.

The underlying fundamentals in Chicago are very, very stable.

Also, most of those niche options miss the mark on some bookkeeping fundamentals.

The fundamentals stay the same, but the process details continually shift. 

Not saying you haven’t been successful running your business, but you likely left a lot of money on the table by lacking financial fluency. take the time to learn more about general investment fundamentals and you’ll see the benefits in your primary business too.