If you have a scalable growth strategy there should be contingencies for your contingencies built into place.

Smaller investments tend to be less scalable.

(I have a half-year of severance pay, and I'm pretty sure that I can get a new job later if necessary, although it may involve a pay cut.)My goal is to lay the foundation for a scalable business that can support me full time, build passive income for my retirement in ten years or so, and has at least a chance of making "real money" if all the stars align.Initially, I will focus on building my methods here in San Diego, while putting processes in place that can eventually be replicated out-of-state.

Buyer's agent has lower cost, but is not scalable. 

The part that concerns me is scalability.  

I wanted to go the route of flipping homes because of the potential profits and scalability which I believe is key in exponential growth.

I wanted to go the route of flipping homes because of the potential profits and scalability which I believe is key in exponential growth.

I'm still very much in the early stages of REI and trying to put in place scalable systems to manage this as it grows.

I realize that some stocks offer dividends but unless you have a large chunk of money to throw down and time to wait for the dividends to come in then it is much harder to do as real estate loans are easy to get.Also real estate is a very easily scalable business where you can choose how much you would like to be involved or not depending on your life style.

They worked hard to get it there and they have more than just a deposit to lose if things go south.It's scalable.