There is no freedom per se in real estate .. not owning rentals not owning a real estate brokerage not being a mortgage broker not being a home builder not being a syndicator.. etc etc.. all it is trading one JOB for another.. and for those that have never been self employeed I can see how that not having to answer to a company or boss is FREEDOM to them.. 

I was thinking about creating an s-corp to avoid some of the SE taxes on the flips.

Sales are slowing and prices are flat in several more expensive areas around SE Michigan now.

They can handle renters policies and deal with properties all over the SE coast.

Hi @Brandon French , welcome to BP.This site is full of great info and people and there is a fairly large group of investors from SE Michigan on here.

Not because they are bad goals, per se, but they are growth oriented, not good deal oriented.  

@Kazumi Boyd it’s not a bad time to buy per se, but in high cost locations you have unrealistic sellers that truly make it an affordability issue.

None of those requires college per se.

I'm not against it per se, but it does increase risk.

When the crash of 08 happened I was buying those same houses at foreclosure for 30 to 50k EACH never lived in. there were big SE builders that had 100 plus spec homes and they were losing them.