For those that say things like "You shouldn't even be thinking of investing in real estate" just in case you're unaware some people are having a hard time financially everyone isn't born with a silver spoon in their mouth or even middle class. 

@Pierre Boisrond It sounds like you certainly weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth!

I think they were born from the fact that HomeAway, VRBO, now all belong to the same company and charge the guests a 15% booking fee. 

I was born and raised here in San Pedro, currently renting in SP, but preparing to house-hack a 4-unit somewhere in town.

I was born and raised in the city of Dallas.  

Gurus simply tap into that gullibility.There's a sucker born every minute.

Born and raised in the Milwaukee, Waukesha, etc... area.

You would think I was born in Dallas over 61 years ago that I would have someone to recommend but it is so far typically rare that I do not have any recent experience that I just do not. 

It replaced another porch that was built before I was born and was crumbling because it hadn't been anchored to the bedrock properly.

I was born here, but became an Army brat and only returned about 5 years ago, so much has changed!