Thank you @Dave Foster I look forward to my new venture and investing in real estate hoping to achieve financial freedom and enjoy my life with my kids and my beautiful wife that has a terrible debilitating autoimmune disease.

I am a life-long resident of the St.

I am a mother of 2 and trying to get into this to save up college funds for them when they grow up so that they too can chase their dreams in life.

@kenneth life saver.

We are you guys able to quit your 9-5 life? 

Quote from @Cam Warren: Hey I’m new to the bigger pockets community.

We still end up doing a few things like upgrading appliances or installing recessed LED lighting and dimmer switches and other life-style upgrades to attract top-notch tenants. 

There's an omnipresent, ubiquitous brutality to life in general and running rental real estate in  prticular here that just doesn't translate well into metrics and data. 

It's about having an income that will enable you to maintain your current standard of living for life.

I have a Indexed Universal Life policy that is 7 years old.