Individuals are purchasing these properties, rehabbing them, and raising rents.

Taking a break from buying but not from learning and networking. 

I focus heavily on the sell side and on the buy side only work with high net worth individuals so the newbie wanting a 400k multifamily with an FHA loan probably isn't for me. 

Hey all,My name is Tony, I'm 35, just started actively pursuing financial independence and have been really hammering away at learning everything I can.

To get started, continue learning through podcasts like the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast and books like "The Book on Rental Property Investing" and "Set for Life."

They are a great way to learn the day to day of the PM world. 

I'm ready to learn and eager to find/team with an experienced mentor in the Metro Detroit area.  

Many of the folks I worked with back during the dawn of the internet business era have moved on, so this is a learning curve, but I’m embracing it.Partnerships are something I’m open to, whether it’s working on your projects or collaborating on future deals.

Imagine making millions of dollars over the course of your career and then having to pay 30-50% every year to uncle sam instead of compounding that cash over time.This is exactly what real estate professionals have learned to mitigate.To reduce their taxable income, they just buy a building every year, do a cost seg, and use depreciation to reduce their tax liability dramatically.Their personal wealth snowball grows much larger and much faster than their W2 counterparts who give most of their money back to the government each year.Following this strategy as a real estate professional is one of best ways to end up with a much larger net worth at the end of your career.

Lessons learned?