It could be that the decision makers were not aware of the ceiling on your budget.

I wouldn't own so much real estate if I didn't make RE my primary business.

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Real estate investing has been a passion of mine for time with my mother also having invested early on where I likely have gotten the love and desire to follow similar foot steps.I have taken last 6 months to educate myself and currently own a single family home as primary residence and would like to expand to multi family properties (2-4 units) for additional stream of income, not to mention potential tax benefits for long-term investing.Based on current living situation, I have a fair amount of equity established in my primary residency along with having enough cash to either pay off house completely or use towards investing in a multi family property.Given that I'm the sole source of income for our household with my wife being the home maker for our two kids under 2, trying to weigh out risks with getting started now or perhaps waiting. 

While there are undeniable challenges—higher interest rates, tighter lending conditions, and market uncertainty—there are also unique opportunities that can make real estate a very prudent choice if approached thoughtfully.

Your biggest and easiest money maker will be lots you can do split driveway entrances.  

One day I'll have to meet my maker  :)

I am a professional cabinet maker and my father is a master plumber.Estimated sale price once complete $500k+Home 2: 210k mortgage. 5 bed, 3 bath redesigned to 5 bed, 4 bath, 3,000 sq ft.

i invest via 50/50 partnerships. i find/coordinate/manage the deal, and my partner brings the capital to the deal & approves large expenses. on their end, it's just about as hands-off as investing in a syndication, but they get to be one of just two main 50/50 decision-makers. and when there are just two parties involved in a deal like this, vs it being diluted across tons of investors, i find it's also possible for the capital partner to see much higher returns. when it comes to teaming up in real estate i'm much more relationship-based and less transactional. i'd rather do fewer very high-quality, carefully selected deals, each with just one capital partner, so that i can really serve that person's best interests and get us amazing results, vs. doing a bunch of diluted deals. i also feel a lot of syndicators out there are newer to the game, lack experience, haven't used their own money enough, and don't use their investors' dollars with enough caution. it gives the high quality syndicators a bad name.

We do fix/replace things just not these ice makers.