Or mother AND her grown-up kids?

Yes, there are tons of people that have grown fortunes with well less than 150k.

.- In 15 years, when my kids are grown and out of the house, I'd like to have 5 times as much money as I do today.- In order to have 5 times as much money in 15 years as I do today, I'd need my money to grow at about 12% per year.- Based on that, I would want to have all my money working (invested) at all times and I would want every investment to generate at least 12% returns.- Unfortunately, it's nearly impossible to have all your money invested at all times (you can't always find investments and sometimes there is time between investments), so to be safe, I'd probably target 15% returns on my investments.- If I own a rental that's generating $100/month, that's $1200/year

I have a fairly sizable investment there... when I say duplex four plex I am using a West coast duplex or four flex... or specifically here in Portlandia.. were we do not have SFR's generally as rentals.. they exisit but not nearly to the extent they do in other markets.. prior to the crash less than 6% of standing SFR's in the entire 2 mil Portland metro market were rentals.. that number has grown to about 10%...

Try Ronald MinellaMyslicki Real EstateRon has grown up in the area all his life and has experience working with investors.

I don't use the dishwasher, having grown up washing everything by hand.

In addition, as our population has grown, both from within and as a result of immigration, we have more people dependent upon it., Add to this our idiocy of loaning money to foreign countries that we will never see again, funding the UN to assist in removing our Constitutional Rights and on and on and after a while, you have more outgo than income.

So if I had a relative on a respirator and they yanked them off and they died, I'd be ranting at the state because its their policy that allowed the hospital to do it.I'm currently more freaked about the red stuff, now.

Not as dumb as L.A. but still dumb.So be careful.However, having grown up in the IE I can tell you there is a solid population base that isn't going away any time soon, so if you can find a decent property at a decent price it could work for you.

@Naazaneen BoojarThere is a great appreciation in many markets all over the country.Florida median home values have grown by 33.1% over the past year.