I have been reading the Rich Dad Investing book, and although I agree with most of what he says, I've found that I'm 200 pages in and I haven't really learned anything new about investing, per se.

I enjoy designing things on the computer, but I don't really want to do graphic design, per se.

You don't want to breathe ozone at high concentration as it'll irritate your throat and nose, but it isn't "poisonous" per se.

I will be sure to check them out.Do you have any REIA's to recommend in the SE (MI) region @Joe Delia?

Not a hotel/motel per se,but I believe service is service.

I actually live in SE Portland and it would be great if we could meet over coffee sometime! 

If they do not want to put that much money into one property then maybe they invest in a sponsor type deal on a larger property for 25k to 100k cash in per deal.they maybe accredited but by and large it appears not real estate savvy per se ! 

I too want to retire between 40-45 and I've realized that I'll need two 'retirement incomes' One, which is not in a 'retirement account' per se, to provide for my family from 40-59 1/2 and the other, more traditional, that can carry us until our end of days. 

Unrelated to investing per se but relative to fundamentally addressing the real world practices of effecient infrastructure in residential buildings as a whole is the extreme and profound unwillingness of individual property owners to actually embrace and implement equipment & methodologies to mitigate the "purported" climate crisis.From my myopic perspective having to fight with residential customers who have zero knowledge of thermo dynamic, ohm's law and efficiency measures is highly hypocritical.People claim to care but are closed minded to energy saving and efficient operating homes.End rant

I really don't recommend doing "The Infinite Banking Concept" per se if you plan to leverage the cash value for investing in real estate.