The challenge there is that accumulating enough properties to generate cash flow on par with a solid middle-class income (especially in a metropolitan area) requires deploying a substantial amount of capital to acquire the properties, and achieving attractive returns requires careful selection of the properties (to buy below market value), attractive financing, and likely some amount of rehab work along the way -- all of which require a degree of expertise to do successfully, as evidenced by BP itself.If someone is unwilling or uninterested in really digging in to understand REI, they could of course still own rental properties through a turnkey provider or a REIT, but in both cases are giving up some of the upside potential that rewards the patient and diligent.To be clear, I think REI is a great choice for building wealth and Real Estate in some form should absolutely be part of almost everyone's portfolio.

As a general rule, I don't think we have seen the same degree of new construction in the multi-unit space that we saw around 2000, so in that sense there is more pent up demand relative to supply.

Then you will want to apply a cap rate to find the value ( will vary by market and slew of other factors) . 50 lots x300 lot rent x12 months = 180,000 Gross revenue less 30 % expense of $54,000 ( tenants pay their own rent here

Hi @Tim Dye, I'm also in Cbus, and we were searching for maintenance techs for several months; I posted here since it's a varied crowd and people have lots of skill sets.

I graduated in college in 1980 and had a business degree that emphasized real estate.  

I have a degree in Finance and actively invested in the stock market while in college.

(It was around 25 degrees out!)

Lenders have varying different appetites for risk.

My Biology degree did me little good in the way of income or achieving financial freedom- So count yourselves blessed. 

My investments, I want to have degree of leverage because borrowing is so cheap right now.