In the next few years that will hopefully translate to population growth.

Appreciation, even at a very conservative 5%/year appreciation on the market value of the house, this translates to 20% on a 25% down payment (you get appreciation on the market value, not on your equity).Getting LESS than 30% yearly on your rentals with the above factors is very hard.

(loose translation).

A higher credit score often translates to lower interest rates, potentially saving you thousands over the life of your loan.

All 20 cities are still positive gain for year over year ending September 2018.The market supply is the amount of homes/SFR for sale, which has been steadily increasing to about 3 month supply, but that still does not translate into a buyers market, as 6 months as normal.

The overlap between the two sectors means that you could easily translate skills from one to another.  

How that translates to owning a personal residence long term we can speculate many different scenarios.

He claims it translates to mental clarity and enhanced mental health.  

They are things we say to motivate positive actions, not meant for literal translation. 

I translate that to be "I was looking for NICER C class properties"... maybe call it C+.So maybe I am the one-off guy here that retired on C class properties ... but both my wife and I worked full time 6 figure corporate jobs before getting into real estate... and 2 years in - buying hard and fast -  we were able to both quit our jobs at the point we got to 20 units.