It is known that the house flipping industry is growing and that to be successful in the business of flipping, you will want to buy homes at a discount in order to have nice margins when you go to sell. 

With no background in real estate, and surprised by the rapid and unreal escalation of real estate prices, he naturally called me all excited to ask what he should do.

This is the point which you have it all ... freedom, time, money, and a growing business.   

Generally growing population is good, but I also don’t think minor decreasing population is that big a deal.

We are always looking to meet more local investors so we can all get better together and grow in this market.

We would love to connect with other local investors like yourself to grow business, share insights, and simply do more deals.

When we are little we say to others….”When I grow up I want to be a….”Doctor LawyerBankerPresidentEtc.Then when we grow up, we realize that in order to be all the above we need to have a plan.

I’ll be holding on to this property and pass it on to my kids to use when they grow up.

Maybe I could try out wholesaling in the bay area and rapidly pay everything off if that goes well, or I could make it big with a good software pitch or something.I poured my heart into that house, and it makes me sad to see the bank profiting from my blood, sweat, and tears.

I assume your goal is to have as many assets as possible to leverage and grow your wealth.Comment:  This is what I would do.