Partnering with the right investment Realtor can be a game changer—they’ll help fill in the gaps, give market insight, and bring you deals that best match your strategy.

Real estate investing is a team sport and at different points in the game different players will play more important roles.

My experience has been that purchase transactions where the buyer has no or little skin on the game have a default rate many times that of buyers who place a significant down payment into the deal.  

When you have won the game, it's time to stop playing."

Although I probably get killed on transaction fees which is part of why I am not pulling the trigger (along with lack of time to execute well).There are games you can play for increasing your returns in the stock market (sector rotations, rebalancing, being a good company picker) but you lack operational control. 

Answering your phone calls while watching the games does not turn your living room into a home office.14-day free rent aka Augusta rule loophole.

So you really need a downpayment + 15k to be in the game.

Hopefully, 2025 will reward us all who have stayed in the game. 

I assume if one wanted to 1031 for "rinse and repeat" you'd also be game for that as well. 

We did quite well in the Timber game in the 90s Owned many thousands of acres of Timberland during that time its a great industry one of the favorite things I ever did beat the heck out of rental houses LOL