REITs own and operate income-producing real estate and pass on profits to investors.

You only have to pull in a few people to make piles of cash without producing any results . . . it is easy to blame the person that paid for the service for not spending enough or working hard enough. 

Without rent growth or appreciation, these purchases produce terrible return.  

I’ve done Facebook and Instagram, but Instagram produces almost NO results.

Geo leads) seem like a walk in the park.In sum, you want to focus on income-producing activities (lead generation) given the fact that you don't have much time in the day to spend on RE. 

But every day investors buy less than desirable property utilizing high leverage debt at high interest rates producing high risk of negative cash flow and built in negative equity.  

But even breakeven on a house in a super fast growing market like Raleigh will statistically produce hundreds of thousands in return equity over time.

I am from TN and the real estate here has gotten too pricey to produce the returns I am looking for.

A lot of rentals do not produce any significant cash flow the first several years….. 

Consumer mindset, they've never been business owners with a producers mindset.