I always hear/read that real estate investing is a team sport and I agree.

And please don´t compares your german with my english^^, english is global language, german not ;).

Not to be discouraged, this is a sport where knowledge & experience count a lot and the only way to get both is ...to be on the ground and get started.

Her W2 income is small due to sports and studies.  

I am 26 years old, I grew up playing sports, I workout, coach and love personal training.

:)If Josh were a real sport, he'd though in a year's pro membership to the winners!

Understand that the process for both commercial type, judicial, non-judicial type auctions are very very different.Auctions are a spectator sport.

I didn't like the taste to much, its always missing something so I learned to add certain spices and herbs to make a meal taste better, Chef Ramsey would love me in "Hell's Kitchen" lol in fact seeing I am self taught I actually worked as a Sous Chef in a German Resturant in Texas and everyone loved my cooking, today even my wife loves my cooking (as long as I stay away from Italian Dishes, she is Italian and that is her baliwack lol).

A little about me : • I own a condo (5 yrs ) and I might be selling this summer (still deciding )• I'm engaged and getting married next year• no kids yet• love sports (Bball, football , baseball )• loooooove my job My Real estate goal is to become a buy and hold investor (SFR and/or small multifamily) for positive cash flow, to have the ability to have a better retirement , and leave something for my future kids to have when I kick the bucket.Where I live in NY its seems like it's too expensive to afford any buy and hold properties or house hack without having a 2hr commute to work and from but I could be wrong.I've read a couple of posts that the surrounding areas of NYC its also not really good for cash flow or ROI so I'm open to looking into other places to invest that are not too far from where I live that's more affordable (150k and less, SFR) , Any suggestions anyone ?

Lots of industries work this way--music, movie, sports.