There is a guy on DayTraders.com or some site asking us why are we playing with real estate.There is a woman on BitCoins-R-Us getting on my case to jump in while it's still hot in digital currency.And a Subway franchisee really let me have it the other day.They are all "right" I guess.

The best replies will come from investors who have done many of these...and the rest of the replies will come from those who have strategy bias.Aside from my active real estate, I do notes and syndications and prefer syndications due to the higher returns, I feel that money lending is a business, and I only invest in value add real estate; so, turn key will not fit my criteria (plus I'd need a ton of homes to meet my goals).Syndication investing returns single and low double digit COC annually and mid to high teen IRRs (will vary based on market conditions and asset class). 

Last year I decided to tackle figuring out how to work remotely and landed a job with a guy who wanted to build a digital marketing agency which serviced companies in the ISP industry (he owned an ISP).

I've been an entrepreneur/digital nomad for a couple years and have no chance at getting bank financing.

We are on 70/30 splits with ZERO fees, tiered splits for top performers, tons of software, digital phone system that rings all agent's cell phones at the same time giving everyone equal opportunity to capture leads, online "cookie jar" lead distribution systems, quarterly brokerage sponsored parties for clients and vendors, employee appreciation parties, 3 huge reflective yard signs, open house signs, and lockboxes paid by brokerage, opportunities to mold our systems to whatever we want as soon as we come up with a good idea, but the best part......the feeling of family and support we have for each other despite the competitive nature of the industry.

What makes price up or down is total number of buyers /seller and their own buying power.If the demand side cant' catch up, to buy it's rent price will increase.When Asia hits by hyperinflation of double-digit 2 decades ago, real estate did skyrockets because people that have money keep buying and they know it was the only way to hedge against inflation long term.It has nothing to do with migration,etc.

There's a big difference between total return double digits and cash on cash in double digits.

My market (Milwaukee) has gone up barley double digits, so we have appreciated just over inflation, there is no conceivable reason for prices to go down.

My favorite tool bar none is my 4-foot digital level.

This is especially true with the digital nomads.