FAST FORWARD 10 YEARS.. 2027...the 2 'buy and hold' single family homes you bought will have more than doubled in value and your carefully chosen SMALL local in your backyard commercial project will be a successful part of the community and YOUR business relationships will have introduced you TO SO MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES.Knowing this... which path will give YOU AND YOUR FAMILY the best quality of life and really get you to the best place in 2027?

This camp is using the benefit of hindsight to project how their financial future might have been had they chosen a different path.Beyond that, anyone making a blanket statement that college is a waste of time and money should be dismissed immediately as uninformed or with some specific motive or angle.

I have chosen the Cleveland area as I would like to purchase something near where a friend has bought his apartment complex.

Narrow your goal so you can become very comfortable with the niche you have chosen.   

Your post gives me confidence to continue marching down my chosen path.

In my opinion , buy and hold properties, build long term return on investment and wealth, I have done turnkey properties And made quick money, only to return to the market to try to find another deal , took me about a year .to find the next one to fit in my parameters that I have chosen for myself.

Spend all day on the phone with your markets, and you'll probably gravitate toward one market in particular.Book a flight to your chosen market and schedule in-person meetings.

But, I have chosen to stick with southern cities and away from coastal areas for two reasons.  

Unless the property is rehabbed to NEW or "like-new" conditions and high quality long term tenants are chosen (for that class of property), capex/maintenance and turnover costs will eat away a LARGE portion of your cash flow.Now you may think, this guy is an idiot who did not buy the right properties from the right turnkey providers.  

I personally have chosen not to tap into any of my equity.