Austin has grown in all directions but the new push is south.

I rented an office in 04 in Beaverton and the young agent working for Norris Beggs and simpson made a fee to lease it to us.. and I think he found me one more.. he worked his way up.. to now he is senior vice president of financing for NBS  I ran into him at PDX recently on his way for an upper level meeting in NYC  with the big wigs.. wearing a nice suit lookin sharp.. really proud of how he has grown .. not that i had anything to do with it.. but thats what commercial brokerage can do for you.Plus i sold one 5 mil apartment once.. cash ed a 100k commish check i bet i did not put more than 20 to 25 hours into that deal.. 

(I'm assuming we're talking about grown adults here, and not recent college graduates.)Surely, they were doing something to earn money back in Florida.

I did not understand the details of all the different benefits a DIY self-managing investor can get out of a strong little portfolio he manages and maintains himself, with no one pulling his strings or yanking his chain.

Using my own grown children (who say they cook) as an example... the foods they do cook aren't like what older generations did.  

If I bought all single family I would probably have 10 or less units because my cashflow would’ve been far worse and my “snowball” of income wouldn’t have grown as drasticly.I own 4/10 buildings solely.

Just imagine when the kids are going to college or grown, you will have 2 properties paid for.

Read a ton, listened to a ton of podcasts, got into Michael Blank coaching program, and have grown my portfolio to 168 units (with more on the way).... 

I've grown up here in Colorado Springs, and I have to say I'm a bit envious!

This is how I have grown my portfolio and it has worked out great for me.