You did a fantastic job explaining the expenses, hidden costs, and the guru 'cash flow' speak that gets so many new investors in trouble.Real Estate has always been a long-term play, but the information and coaching industry has grown to a point where there is too much fluff in the messages. 

To do this you could take courses, attend training sessions, seek out a coach or mentor, and read articles and books.

If it's anything like the Las Vegas market, a "resort casino" specifically could hamper your STR potential purchase pretty substantially.

This is known as “speculating,” and it isn’t much better than getting in your car, driving to Vegas, and betting all your money at the poker table.

Bet it all on black in Vegas?

Approaching 30 MTRs in LA and some in Vegas, I've learned a lot from Allen, who also recently launched a free Skool Community where he has weekly Q&A sessions and provides long-format content on how he operates his MTR business.If anyone reading is in NJ or has an interest in MTRs, the above folks are the go-to people!

Any way  so in a short hand way I agree with you on stopping to smell the roses when your young enough to do it.. but many simply dont have those choices they choose a job that they must keep at until they can retire and maybe  a week vacation to Hawaii or go party at Vegas is some highlights. 

Thanks for your response dude, I just invested $300k into a syndication deal in Vegas, I am looking at a quadplex in Toledo for $380k'ish that I would probably pay cash for and cash flow to gross $4250 a month, and keep the other $300k'sh invested with my manager. 

His point is well made, the DIY bias is strong on this forum, and my wife and I realized that we can only take ourselves so far before we need a coach to help us level up.

I coach people on how to build private money brokerages and eventually start lending their own money.