You never know when you magically need a new sewage line and are out $10,000

Raise capitalStart talking to friends family and professional colleagues about investing especially multifamily.By all means, spend time learning out to underwrite - but I would spend most of my energy out in the market learning that market and talking to investors.Hope this helps.The magic the answer to MF investing is NOT found in a spreadsheet.The magic the answer to MF investing is local market knowledge and networking.Assess your skills and your existing network.

@Isaac S.That’s a great magic number!

Cash value life insurance creates a "magic checking account" that lets you put your money to work in two places at one time: The account still earns interest and the checks are written against a credit line.This is such easy basic finance that I can't believe people are going back and forth over it.

Creating an LLC and paying your Secretary of State does not give you magical legal separation. 

The first $40k of your taxable capital gain is in this magical 0% tax bracket.

Every summer i spend a couple of evenings teaching my kids the basics of personal finance, simple stuff like living below you means, saving 10% of everything you make, the magic of compounding interest, investing etc......

With improvements in technology these days (ie magic eraser), I hardly have to do a full repaint during turnovers.

It's amazing if someone is laid off how many things will magically break in their apartment just before the first...

So, little potential for the rapid and magical appreciation that has made the last several years a big money maker, and lots of potential to drop...