Obviously, there are people that leave W2s to get into real estate full time.  

Time is on your side and it seems almost like a waste of effort to pay down loans quickly, if you can let time take care of it without any contribution from you.Not many people have the obsession with REI to grow a significant portfolio, but you can probably manage 30 to 50 doors on the side, before it becomes impossible and you need a PM.

So add the drama of dealing with people who are already not paying for their water.

Banks only have 10% of the money they lend thus it makes sense for them - but for people who are not a bank why make 6% taxes as ordinary income and barely keeping up with inflationThat $1000/mo payment will be worthless in 20 years.

It’s great to connect with knowledgeable people here and not be completely in the dark as I would be without this forum.  

Flipping is a high risk high reward endeavor, especially with people just starting out. 

I'd love for anyone to connect with me as I hope having people to talk to about all this will help make my first time jitters go away easier.

I'm trying to find people who are actually doing it to check that the theory works.

There are 2 types of people who dog on Detroit.. 1.

I'm glad to know people do have success with it in certain areas.