Investment is for the long haul. 

There are plenty of people that buy houses with ARV's of say $50,000 to $75,000 depending on the market and keep them as rentals over the long haul.

", yep, Rich Dad ;-)Enough about cars and other cash burning toys.

Remember you're in this for the long haul.

We hope to be in it for the long haul, as well.

Some even leave couch, TV on the curb thinking someone will take them away instead of hauling away. 

I own a property free and clear...problem is the property is only worth in the $50k range....I am toying with ideas to get cash out of the equity owned or another means and use that money to buy another property...

So we we're toying with the idea of pursuing a multi-family property that we could rent out to multiple tenants in Chicagoland.I am speaking out of complete ignorance, but I feel like the net return for a multi-family in Chicago will be higher than two single family homes outside of Portland.Thoughts?

If the truck has 3,000 miles and you know nothing about fixing or maintaining a vehicle, and you can put it to use besides - hauling materials to houses; cutting your own lawns; etc - then it might make better financial sense to keep it than to toss it in a fire sale.

(Completely serious) I have a lot of time off, so I recently started a side business doing clean-up work (mostly hauling trash) and plan to use the income from it to fund my real estate investing.