My personal belief is that the future is brighter in Albany and Troy over Schenectady.

You should house hack and learn the ropes before you do any sizeable out of state investing.In contrary to popular belief, real-estate investing is not passive investing.

I think I have a lot of limiting beliefs since I know duplexes can be bought at a good discount but I just don’t feel like it’s realistic that I will find one on the MLS with such little experience and be able to close on it.Thanks for any advice or inspiration, everything is appreciated.

A million was well outside my belief of what I could obtain in my life.

. - He holds three opinions/beliefs that defy "common" understandings. 1) Current inflation is NOT being driven by all the money printing and/or gov't spending in 2020/2021, in the way that "common wisdom" holds money printing as leading to inflation.

You have some good and a little misguided information on here, but it first of all depends on your investment strategy which I don't recall you sharing.

I'll take the sure thing because of spiritual beliefs, but understand the analytical argument behind the other side.

I am looking to develop a buy and hold strategy to help fund retirement.My wife and I had our first child a little over 9 months ago, which has motivated me beyond belief to build a business that I can fund our retirement, while also helping provide a head start for my daughter and any future children my wife and I have.I look forward to "meeting" you!

It is my belief that you should start looking to understand those things first and then from there you will be on the ride to really starting to understand what and how it all comes together.  

There are many positives as mentioned above as well though, so it is my belief that the condo/townhome strategy may be sound if you seek out and weigh the pros and cons against those of other types of investments.