IN GENERAL.If that is, in fact, something you are okay with, why not invest in your own back yard where your potential for appreciation will likely surpass that of the mediocre appreciation of the inland areas with turnkey sellers?

The market in the Inland Empire is turning and we are approaching a time where assuming loans will be beneficial.

After I am THE name in CT to go to if a homeowner needs to sell, I will start building my rebel empire.

See below:*****Florida Real Estate License Law requires that an individual who, for another, in Florida , for Compensation* or valuable consideration will need a real estate license if they perform any of the following when dealing with real property: AppraisesAuctionsSellsExchangesRentsNegotiates a saleAdvertises or represents as an individual involved in the real estate business, through either oral or written representationProcures sellers, purchasers, lessors, business enterprises or business opportunitiesCloses any transaction which results in or is calculated to result in a sale or exchange and who expects to receive ANY compensation or valuable considerationReal property or real estate means any interest or estate in land, or enterprise or business opportunity, including any assignment, leasehold, sub-leasehold or mineral rights.

The 10 acre community was a great experience and experiment in land dev entrepreneurship.

I came into RE investing in 2011 so I missed the last bubble so no empirical evidence of my own.  

The comment by @Joseph Pugliese reminded me of another NYC investor who has gotten his hands dirty in the Baltimore area: Jared Kushner.The New York Times had a profile of Kushner's investments in Baltimore:Jared Kushner's Other Real Estate Empire

WHY NOT PRESENT A VALID ARGUMENT WITH EMPIRICAL DATA LIKE I DID????

Later on, during the fall of the Empire, the centurions were far better paid, but in the time of Christ...no.As for WHY an angel of the Lord would value a man's generous gifts so regardless of their value, doesn't Luke 21:1-4 make that perfectly clear?

"The Founder" movie is probably the most subtle Real Estate Investing movies you'll ever watch but probably one of the greatest, if not the greatest, strategies for building the biggest Real Estate empire.