I have also read "Rich Dad Poor Dad" and "The Book on Rental Property Investing", both are tremendous for wrapping your head around the possibilities to achieve financial freedom and how exceptional real estate is as one of those vessels.

My goals in the next few years would be to achieve financial freedom and I know that is possible with the house.

This and equity capture at the buy will have a larger impact on your future freedom than some cash-flow. 2 examples with low down payment-  Large house that has a net 'cash-flow' of -$2400/yr consistently,  but principal pay down is $6000/yr.Cash-flow pundits would say sell, but my 'savings rate' is 150%. 

Hi I'm new to this and looking to start my journey towards financial freedom, I'm looking into purchasing a multi family rental unit to start earning passive income.

Here's my biggest lesson - REMEMBER your WHY.FINANCIAL FREEDOM - doesn't necessarily look like having a company with 35 employees, having 8 vertically integrated real estate companies, striving to get another 300 wholesale & rehab deals, and another 1,000 units that year, while locking yourself into 20 zoom meetings a week to run a massive company that now owns YOU.

Jim,   It seems to me since this site is really working on monetizing itself as it should, as it relates to self promotion seems to me they could have a different level of membership that would allow for more freedom on advertisement on the open forum .. then just putting your name and such on your sig line.

Cash flow creates financial freedom, appreciation does not. 

Much like most, I am most interested in the financial freedom that real estate investing offers and what it can do for my family.

“(W)hen cash, as here, is delivered …in a manner which allows the recipient freedom to dispose of it at will [it is income to the user], even though it may have been obtained by fraud and his freedom to use it may be assailable by someone with a better title to it");Dawkins v.

Hello, this is a new journey for me, I am eager and very passionate about using real estate investing to give me the financial freedom i have always dreamed of and also to help others achieve the same.