Our goal is to increase our net worth, to help supplement retirement income down the road and to currently provide a stream of cash flow to enjoy some of the finer things in life.We both work full time in professional careers and have so far found a way to manage careers and the real estate business while keeping up with two kids (15 yrs & 20 Yrs old).  

As a business rental properties have two separate cash flow streams, the property itself and the income generated by the equity lying dead in the property.

Single family homes are not valued based on cap rate because most of the people buying those homes are not doing so for a passive income stream.

., particular movie houses...http://www.click2houston.com/consumer/billionaire-...What do you think?

These are my influnces for wanting to learn how to invest.Why I'm hereAfter obsessing over the subject for the past two years I've concluded that flexibility is gained through having multiple streams of income, but that caused me to hit my current roadblock: time.

They can be picked up anywhere, from a good hotel to a cab to a movie theater seat.

Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum and wanted to take a moment to introduce myself.I run a small analytics consulting business in Boston, and develop data science courses for several online education platforms.I'm interested in real estate investing as a means of diversifying my portfolio and providing additional streams of passive income.

Stumbled on a few of my words in the beginning and then the movie "the wolf of wall street" kicked into me head and I suddenly got a lot more confident talking to the agent.

Probably more profit in the alternate strategies you've been pursuing, but a steadier side income stream may be desirable ...

I work full time and plan to continue to do so but would like to add additional streams of "passive" income.