A team of lenders, title companies, contractors and RE attorneys, and significant knowledge of the intricacies of real estate transactions, you will be MORE than prepared to dive feet first into your first deals and will do so with CONFIDENCE.

I recently came in contact with a RE investor who is farther down the line in his career than I am.

I feel pretty free to tell someone when I think RE is not the greatest investment. 

Quote from @Heather Luu: Unfortunately, you would have to re-key the locks.Here's another option.

The podcast also talked about insurance claim re-housing where families lose their homes to a tragedy and get replaced through their insurance.

He needs  good RE broker to give him price its worth ..

Hear your Buffett comment loud and clear and current administration is already making waves.Thinking out loud - cashing out the brokerage account seems like it should be an all or nothing move, to maximize the reward from going all in on RE for FI. 

Your wish list is more like a $350k property in Lakewood, Cleveland Heights, University Heights,Shaker Heights, et al.It's time to re-evaluate what is most important, and then work backwards to figure out the locations where you can achieve the desired result. 

That way someone can have "passive" exposure through the debt, yet still have RE exposure in some form or fashion.

I've done a bit of research on the private lending space and I'm coming to the conclusion that it is the way I would like to enter the real estate space.