You need to work both ends against the middle.Strive for above average earnings and a large savings/investment rate.Scrimping while earning 50,000 is not going to produce life changing results.making 150,000 and living a nice american lifestyle can allow you to save or invest 30,000/year.

She left her job as an aerospace engineer because she was passionate about designing her own lifestyle and creating her own business.  

There is an arch to an investors career as well as a brokers.Find brokers at your level and try to connect with them.There is no right or wrong model just better fits for different people's relationships, lifestyles, and goals.

During covid, even a small percentage of people moving from Nee York or California spread a million new Buyers into smaller cities with more outdoor space and better COVID lifestyles, tightening the market even more.So, the last 15 years have seen multiple events that have caused huge (but one time) shifts in the single family real estate markets.THIS IS NOT NORMALHome prices are usually “sticky” and if people can’t sell for what they think it is worth, they will also hold it off the market.Likewise, inventories are still pretty low in a lot of places, as people who might normally trade up in a house look at their current 3% loans and the spread of what occupancy costs would be if they borrowed at current rates, and they decide to stay where they are.Personally, I have benefited by these trends the last decade, but I also know it’s not normal.  

This equates to $2400 a month on average.I got to thinking, I'm taking in $2400 a month and using it to pay for my mortgage and lifestyle, it's as if I have 12 doors at 200's a piece. 

Particularly we are drawn to mountains and love skiing, hiking, camping, and the like.What mountain town or town with easy access to mountains would you recommend for an outdoor-experiences-fueled lifestyle?  

I have a fundamental problem with the cash flow lifestyle that uses RE as an ATM.

To choose the neighborhood that best fits your lifestyle and financial objectives, take the time to investigate many options.

They should not expect it to impact their lifestyle.

I'm not sure how so many Americans get brainwashed into working 40 hrs a week for 40 years so they can then live a modest lifestyle when they can now barely enjoy life.