People generally become wealthy through equity not income.

As far as goals I want to build long-term wealth. I

I enjoy notes because I can also do it at any time of day where as buying property you are out the mercy of an agent showing it.If you want to expand, you need to put in the work unless you are already independently wealthy and can live off of interest in passive investing.

Real estate made Donald Trump wealthy....what about Warren Buffett? 

In NYC, not only is it nearly impossible to invest in the city (unless you are extraordinarily wealthy) but it's really hard to do it on any town/borough that surrounds NYC.  

Most likely, you’re leaving THOUSANDS of dollars on the table for Uncle Sam by not doing your taxes correctly.People say there are “loopholes” in the tax code wealthy investors take advantage of.

But appreciation, forced and natural are what made some of the members here very wealthy. 

For most of us investing our personal capital controls how quickly we can accumulate real estate and build wealth.  I

The ones that stay come from very wealthy families or earn over 300k per year combined. 1200 sq ft for 4k per month is not the life we want for our family, and many other Millennials are moving to the Midwest and other places like Florida for quality of life reasons.

It's very normal, even trendy for people nowadays to focus on fitness, diet, mental health, work life balance, friends, family.