My cousin on the other side is one successful story from the crazy rise.

Thanks for sharing your story and helping me to think along the "work smarter, not harder" line.

I’ve heard lots of great stories from people I have met over the years, be it from flippers, commercial real estate investors, or just regular folks that are slowing building a portfolio of rental properties to support them in retirement.

Hello,I will first give you back story then the questions.I have recently started to dabble into real estate.

It's a judgement call but for instance, that 5 story at Preston and Main where Old National and Blue Equity are...

They would of skewed that story to prove a point, if you know a realtor or mortgage broker/appraiser you can access the raw data, use the raw data to calculate your own appreciation rates.

the guarranteed income is nice, but a poor credit score due to late payments tells the bank that it doesn't matter how much money she makes, she isn't going to give it to you ( the bank) anyway. if her credit score is bad because of misinformation on her credit report, thats a different story. i can educate her on how to clear that up. we need more of the story here. 

I have been doing a lot of reading, but I'm mainly looking for an avenue to ask questions, learn from others experience, and read success stories.  

As my story may relate to most, I have quickly grown sick of the dead end 9 to 5.

But economic and demographics are only one piece of the story.