Because we will live there, we want to be in a relatively safe area.

Because we will live there, we want to be in a relatively safe area.

To have 20K saved up at 19, I think it's safe to say you're obviously doing something right.

Thanks to some of the techniques I learned from Antonio Coleman, I feel like I have a good foundation built and the knowledge to try and dominate organic and local searches.

If my wife and I decide to move into our next property to fix up and force equity, how safe would we be to put money into improving the property? 

Cal:Co-mingling of rent payments and payments on the house (aka financing) can put you afoul of the Taxman here in Canada (and in the U.S.A. too, I believe) who may decide the whole arrangement is an instalment sale which can have unpleasant fallout.In addition, you have Dodd-Frank and the Safe Act to consider in the U.S.A.

Besides charging a competitive market rent and providing a safe & clean rental there's not much you can do.

I want to safely control my financial future, and I feel real estate is a great way to achieve that goal.

Permanent Life Insurance belongs in your retirement income plan as the safe, secure asset at the core.

In order to "save" (read: not spend) $1 Million over a given time period your after-tax income has to exceed your monthly expenses by that amount, AND you MUST put every penny of the overage into something like a Roth IRA or some similar investment, preferably self-directed so you can keep it safe from the whims and foibles of Wall Street.You'll do far better to invest for income.