One commenter here noted that he was purchasing distressed inventory off market and/or using creative financing, delayed financing, private money, or all of the above.

I've convinced her that our house here needs to be a duplex so we can have a tenant cover most or all of our PITI. 

I need a second mortgage to cover most or all of the rest.  

The student housing around the Easton Ave, Louis Street, or all streets surrounding St.

If I sign up for coaching, I'm the type that will be all-in, I'm either all-in or all-out, just my personality.

There is a $2 fee for ACH payments but landlord can absorb part or all if desired.

I have listened to some of Dave Ramsey and it seems like his aversion to having a mortgage and real estate investing is because he once had a lot (or all) of his investment mortgages called at once causing him to go bankrupt.

I’m in the same boat as Andrey and able to attend any early mornings, after 5, or all day Saturday.

Find yourself a duplex in a neighborhood that you are willing to live in that will also have a decent chunk of rent coming in to cover some or all of your mortgage. 

I don’t see that any one or all three of those pursuits would mean that you wouldn’t have to have an incomplete high school education.