Although I was clueless at the time, I am glad I made the decision to buy/invest first then pay off debt with the savings/earnings from the investment.Through annual appreciation, forced appreciation, and rental income, you have an opportunity to make your money work for YOU. 

A little bit every day, and in no time you'll have tons of knowledge under your belt and will feel more prepared to start your REI career!

The President of the company earned a Bachelor's in History (You have to know where you came from to know where you're going to go).

Let’s say you win a consulting contract that pays you $100k per month (net) for the next 18 months. Your goal is to build a business that nets $5M / year. How do you allocate the funds?

Zero living expenses sounds amazing, but running an AirBNB with no cleaner is a lot of work to earn that.

Whether or not the "money is dead" as equity or sitting in the bank, if it isn't earning a higher return versus what it is costing you then it isn't helping you.

Due to population density and Building Code complexity, the fee is well earned as it's not a walk in the park to obtain construction permits.

add a real estate license to your game and go get into that community  tons of agents lenders inspectors  title and escrow etc. plus it will help you increase your earnings doing what your already doing.

They earn sufficiently to have funds to INVEST. 

I am a traveling PT and have lived with strangers my whole career.