Not mentioning your age can effect your answers. 

As was mentioned when one life emergency happens low income tenants do not have the cash cushion to handle it.

Hi Gang:So I was just listening to Episode 290: 7 paths to Financial Freedom and around strategy 5 or 6 the host(s) mentioned buying 1 house per year for 15 years.

You didn't mention property management, vacancy rate, repairs, or capital expenses.

Along the way the GC and subcontracted plumber mentioned numerous times that they found great news or thought of more efficient solutions (i.e. the mainline plumbing under the basement was intact--that they had assumed was all broken and needed replacing).

He did mention that it is ultra passive but 4% in RE?

Like I mentioned before, I agree with many of your points, but I don’t appreciate many of your assumptions...that‘s where you lost me.

As they say many ways to skin a cat.......... and as another poster mentioned time to buy was 2011/2012....

As was mentioned earlier, Sedro, Burlington, Anacortes and Mount Vernon are solid growth markets. 

Real estate is a major investment to me, and it can be risky (contrary to what some people seem to think), so making a mistake can be costly, not to mention stressful if it is long distance or on the other side of the country.