Without a business, you can't use a lot of these expenses as write off.Real estate is the the main way to create wealth. I

With that $550 payment gone would be much closer to being independently wealthy.

Is the pet appropriate to the unit leased, is there some small child next door, is it a house in a rural area, case by case decision.A four year old Doberman or a 12 year old Doberman that gums is special diet dog food?

Government "repatriation" of land was really only a problem back in the 80's after the Sandanista's took control and redistributed the land from wealthy foreigners to locals in following their communist ideals at the time.

Their product is not making your wealthy, its not making you poor and teaching you how to live a comfortable, safe, secure, responsible life with no risk.

A primary reason (among a couple others) I'm getting into real estate, is for the wealth. I

The fact that your mom cant loan you 500k I would assume means that most of her personal wealth is tied to her equity.

I bought the car when I was 21, and in my childish attempt to look and feel wealthy, all I did was cripple the potential growth of my net worth. 

I figured that would be the case & yes they do have that time of wealth. Is

I know a lot of very wealthy SFH holders and we have done extremely well without MFH.