For example, as an investor, I invest in real estate not for the profit, but because I want to generate enough passive income to spend time with my daughters, so that my wife does not need to work 12 hour night shifts, and to leave a legacy for my girls and my future grandchildren.

Windows are completely blacked out, big time security measures are in place - including bad butt dogs and fencing - and that any neighbor is too great a risk.

I spent 25 years as a banking executive with a focus on real estate lending and special assets and this gives all of us who work with investment groups a black eye. 

As firm as possible while still reminding you it’s up for interpretation not as black and white as we’d like. 

You're telling me consumer spending will not be up between Black Friday and Christmas? 

I wish things like this were a little more black and white, but then again what fun would that be.  

I think in some of my STR markets I go grand, but in some I try to target the lowest barrier of entry as in a 2/2 that's easily accessible, small, priced in the lower 20% and that targets young couples, girls trips or whatever they call them, empty nesters, etc.

Particularly interested in investing in Columbus, Ohio and Tokyo or Fukuoka, Japan.Recently read a few books including Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Bigger Pocket's The Book on Rental Property Investing. and as a result have been looking more seriously into it.Although investing in the US seems pretty straight forward (especially as an American and with all the resources available), investing in Japan as a foreigner seems to be a bit tricky and not so black and white. 

Words are weapons, contrary opinions and words cause physical and mental abuse that should be responded to with force, need authority to step in to solve problems, everyone needs protection, trust emotions over reason, avoid bad experiences at all costs, the world is black and white battle between good people and evil people (there is no middle ground), etc.

DIY on a house with no equity may end up with black suits visiting your house, especially if seller is elderly or protected person.