I remember thinking how absolutely absurd it was to still be living this way after tripling my income, and on top of that my Wife was getting ready to graduate nursing school which would add even more income but, I had no clue how to keep it from disappearing every month and wondering what happened.

Kids are out of school but the weather IMO is miserable hot and humid, but people seem to care less than me I guess. 

@Dan KielySugar Land and Katy are family-friendly suburbs with good schools, a strong job market, and a safe environment, but have higher property taxes and commute times.

I started learning real estate investment to quit my full-time job and spend more time with my 3-year-old daughter as well as build cashflow to pay for her future private school tuition.

At the time I had a pretty good W2 job.I am also getting slow, but steady appreciation (good area, good schools) and I am able to raise rents a few % per year.... 

My town built all new schools and raised taxes.

I curse that corrupt mf til this day.In the 1980s in high school we were on Baja beach drinking alcohol (I was 16 or 17 years old).  

I’ve saved up a bit of capital during high school and my plan is to keep building it while I’m in college and start investing quickly.

Universities, flight schools, HR departments for corporate housing, military bases, etc... the list is actually pretty long. 

You went to flight school to learn to fly, realtors learn what gets people sued and how to avoid that.