that doesn't mean RE isn't a good investment... but it is the case.what i would NOT recommend is buying a random, "cheap' property in a market thousands of miles away that you don't know well and haven't seen in person, and turning it over to a team you don't know. 

It's simple, plentiful, cheap, and emissions are less harmful than a cow fart. 

Buy you a super cheap used RV and be their "host" /park manager as a part time gig. 

The cheap way is as @Conner Olsen recommended, go off of a shopping list, and hire on the ground folks to unpack it all.

Use a cheap MNVO instead of A, S, T, or V for your cell plan.

Quote from @Nick Belsky: I usually refer clients to SpringEQ.HELOCs aren't cheap, even less so for investments.https://mortgage.springeq.com/Cheers! 

I wish I had known more about landscaping at the time, and didn't go cheap when it came to contractors.

Get a cheap course, join a good brokerage that has enough full time agents that will help you by taking you under their wing - that is going to teach you more than the course you buy and take. 

Cheap and easy to offer a variety of pods for just about anyone.

Umbrella is super cheap and will do the job.