When you stop a meaningful conversation with a friend/significant other to look up new leads online.

Thanks for the kind words, encouragement, and the suggestion of a meaningful, deliberate way forward.

Do you engage with their branding in a meaningful way?

ROI and returns are only relevant if they do the following:1) Provide greater returns per the work involved than the next best thing you can do with your money2) Are meaningful relative to your financial positionThink about this logically - if you have the "opportunity" to purchase a case of 50 waters for $20, and sell them for $2 apiece outside of the ballpark, you earn an "ROI" of 500% and 5x your investment.That's a smart move for someone with only $20, but a total waste of time for someone considering real estate, likely with $10, $20, or even $100K in savings.The same, however, applies in real estate investing with the different investments available to us.

I hope you know how much I appreciate the kind words, it's deeply meaningful coming from you sir!

We might get away with siding and your area is all brick.There are too many variables for a list of $97/sf in Atlanta, $110/sf in Austin etc. to generate meaningful data.When I worked for a GC we were called often by estimating services.  

Also, look for people who have house hacked and spark up a conversation about your plans.

LudmilaNone of them if you plan on paying off every month and not carrying a balance, instead just get a Spark Card, or a Citi Bank Double Cash credit card, each of them is a pure 2% cash back on all purchases.If you're going to carry a balance, I can't help you.

I often thought of this as well and how I would impart this information in a meaningful way to others who were younger allowing them to get a head start in life. 

Its very risky for him to think he can buy rentals here in the price points he can afford and make any meaningful return He can buy into GB real estate deals and make 6 to 10% return very safely and not have to take the tenant risk we know all to well with US rentals in the mid west and at those price points..