Looking to expand and scale up fast as I can.Let me know if you guys are meeting up and if im in the city by chance ill come by.

And few exchanges usually . means no economies of scale and you can easily over pay for an exchange of this kind.

The more money and better credit you have, the better chance you have of getting loansGetting favorable loans gives you a better chance of scaling your real estate portfolio.Bottom line, getting a college degree increases your chances of building a real estate portfolio.If you get a degree, with the purpose of getting a high paying job, and dont get a high paying job, it's because you're not willing to do what it takes to get that job.

Rentals is just a very long term forced savings if you cant or don't scale it.. your never going to make much more thant 10k a year on 100k invested. which to me is money that just gets lost in the shuffle.

Finding partners and outlets to funds is a must to scale - even if you have to give up a piece of the deal.  

But, I assure you that if you scale or stay in the business long enough, you will get some bad ones.

No matter where you live or where you own assets, I personally recommend the Series LLC to be a great tool for the individual investor who is planning to expand their operation, as it allows for you to scale infinitely for FREE- check out this article to learn more.The fourth pillar is somewhat similar - you want to separate your operations from your assets.

JC, NYC, are way high, with exception of Wakefield, Grand Concourse, West Farms, nomansland wakefield, brownsville, and south JC/Newark, which have high cap rates and high potential for appreciation, but the chance of getting shot or mugged is much higher as well, something a house flipper won't do with a family should they have one.That begs yet another question, if I am starting out in NYC with an ok Salary (150k-ish), should I stay here or make my ways to another market which is less saturated for a 50k pay cut, where the income while lower, can scale due to multiple series of house hacking in low property tax areas, compared to a higher salary with less RE possibilities?

My wife and I have "flipped" the three houses we have owned to pretty much scale up each home to what we have now for the five of us.

Caveat: if you are bringing in a huge amount of money say 50% of the raise then that might tip the scales in your favor)Ask you can tell this is a really grey area.