While it makes you more comfortable to be able to do the work if you have to; the flip side is if you can't do it yourself then you are forced to create a team and systems which actually will help you grow faster.  

Even Westchester which has pretty much the same Airport nuisance as PDR but with no ocean view property and no walking distance beach, has progressed faster.

Id throw 70% in a heavily weighted bond index fund, 15% in an index fund that follows s&p 500, and the other 15% in REITs or your own property ventures.

It makes the job SO much faster!

Just let the extra cashflow generated, accumulate and pay for each successive property.I think over time, your plan will evolve and youll hit your goal faster than you ever thought!

Arizona's housing boom continues to appreciate faster than the national averages.

While only a tiny percentage are interesting, you can analyse much more deals much faster and they are ready to go.

Prices in Big Bear may be accelerating faster than Arrowhead (may fall faster as well in a correction) but we settled on Arrowhead because we can get what we wanted in our price range.

Reinvest profits, causing a compounding effect, which can turn your $100k into the $1M cash faster than you can say Albert Einstein. 

Things, by nature, take time: just as many quit the gym after they don't see that weight come off on January 15th  It is the quintessential story of 3 feet from gold!