If I took that giant dream and put it into a smaller perspective of figuring out how to afford 1 car.  

Love the Jacksonville area (even though your Jags beat my Giants this year lol)...took a number of weekend trips there while I was stationed in Pensacola and had a blast. 

I started my career in 2012 after retiring from European Professional Basketball. 

Do all your homework with people, and look at their lifestyle-- do they come in with a Mercedes (I've seen this, renting out a $675/mo 2bd apt, potential tenant comes in with a $50K car-- Giant red flag, giant loan payment!)

Unless you have a giant family you’ll have to rent to strangers eventually.It might be hard to tell your family their rent is going up!

Some of these books are very American...I can see past this but something with a more UK or European outlook may be a good idea to go with the above.Feel free to add some suggestions....Have a great weekend 😀

Many times the numbers that come out of the plan are a giant red flag, saying "don't do this".

Opportunity lost I guess.So, go for it Andrew, you got lots of time to learn how to invest, control real estate, make money and build an giant real estate cash flow rental portfolio.If you need some help, our family is here for you.Good luck

My recommendation is to seek more passive routes of real estate investing such as investment groups, shares of RE Companies, REITs etc for the European theatre as it will relieve you of much of the leg work, hassle and headache, especially if you aren't native (working a deal can be tough as the "American" even when you speak the local dialect).

Columbus has experienced so much growth for the past few years, partly due to the influx of tech giants like Intel ($20 billion), Meta, Amazon, and Google building warehouses and data centers in the area, which has contributed to an increase in property prices and more people moving into the city for job opportunities.