Well.....I am still in the rat race with the same employer, drive the same car, live in the same house, get my 3 weeks vacation a year, and I am still not rich or wealthy from real estate.

Most life long commercial brokers I am familiar with do VERY well and for a very long time and retire very wealthy... hopefully some people will stop and think that a career in RE over the long haul is far more beneficial than all these people that think they need to start as wholesalers  ... :)  and spend thousands on postage and mail peices etc. when for those same dollars they could truly start a career such as yours.

All her properties were bought and paid for by her and her boyfriend; no wealthy family members or lotteries.I've learned quite a bit reading her blog posts.

I know the submarket east of downtown pretty well.I also think Austin is going to boom over the next 2 decades and the growth will make a lot of investors here very, very wealthy.

A strong childhood work ethic is the most common trait among wealthy adults.

I don't care if could become wealthy doing so, I just can't justify it.

They knew they'd have less monthly cash flow after a refi but now that money was invested into another performing asset and when invested correctly the % on that money would now be Healthy or if a higher % Wealthy money.

You prioritize where you spend your money, but if you're trying to be truly wealthy person you start with zero debt(consumer) and start going for quality over quantity.

@Nathan Hui cash inflows are nice, but true wealth is built from growth. 

It's good to remember that the midwest isn't like NYC (or Boston where I'm from) where everything is a multi-family building and living in a single family is something only for crazy wealthy folks or the suburbs.