I am 27 currently working in IT full time and just like most,  if not all of you Im looking to exit the "Rat Race" by making real estate investing my full time job.  

I provided a push mower and have had pretty good luck with that. granted these are 1500sqft units in a pretty decent area so my tenants treat the property much like their own.

My heart was pretty much racing with my thoughts the entire morning.

Typically the businesses that pay the most for the corner are a pharmacy ( CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid ), gas stations ( Race Trac, Quick Trip ) , banks ( nationals pay a premium for a great location ), restaurants  sometimes will want the corner but often they do not want to pay corner money and want to be down just a few spots and then get off traffic with easements from the corner property and a center behind them etc.

I joined the site, because I want to surround myself with people who want to better themselves and I hope I can one day achieve my dream of getting out of the rat race and into the mission field.

I know that when I first starting investing in RE my main objective was and still is to make passive income so that I can quit the rat race and live life the way its meant to be lived.  

If you play Cashflow 101, you understand that the best deals to get you out of the rat race in general are real estate capital gains deals that you buy at 50% discount.  

I hike challenging locations, race marathons, play lots of softball and golf. 

I'm not looking to get rich, but I am looking to get out of the rat race of check to check living.

That's not getting yourself out of the "Rat Race".