The 2nd home is listed at $680,000 (wed lay up to $620,000) a large 3 bed with 2 ‘bonus’ rooms downstairs of which one is currently a ‘4th’ bedroom.

Weekly farmer's market, multiple LARGE cultural festivals, a sufficient music scene draw, some minor league sports arenas (Hockey, Basketball), and a flourishing LGBTQ+ community to boot.   

Adjacent to the kitchen is eat -in space for breakfast, and a spacious dining room fit for a large table and buffet.

Most partners aren't contributing a large percentage of the investment in sweat equity, so if your partner walks out (or has to be "fired"), typically it's time and headaches that are the result, not large amounts of money. 

Ken's book is really great and focuses on mid to large MFH apartment complex acquisition. 

Larger houses can be a bit more difficult as a missed item can balloon quickly into a large overage. 

In 30 years Do you want to have a large portfolio in Fresno or a small portfolio in LA?

The point to all of this (to me) is to A)Build up enough independent income such that you're largely immune from needing "a job", B)Have enough money such that you can provide some security for your family,C)Have enough money so that you can provide funds to things important to you (charity, church, etc),D)Have enough money so that you can enjoy things in life that genuinely make you happy.If you are all the way down to D, then I personally don't see what is wrong with it.

I recognized quickly that I couldn't continue to scale this thing by myself, so I brought in a partner who had the same vision and work ethic as me.

I am very interested in investing in real-estate upon graduating as I have learned from several full-time internships that I do not have a passion for working the 9-5 for a large corporation over the next 40 years.