Real Estate is very diverse and has a lot of ways that one can achieve Financial Independence.  

In reality, you'd likely need $50k ish in gross rents to achieve $24k NOI.

Achieve your short-term goals that will produce proceeds and resources that will,2.

Houston September Housing Stats are out:  http://www.har.com/content/newsroomHighlights are: Single-family home sales rose 3.5 percent compared to September 2014;Total property sales were up 2.2 percent (8,024 units);Total dollar volume increased 3.8 percent to $2.1 billion;At $270,901, the single-family home average price reached a record high for a September;At $208,000, the single-family home median price also achieved a record September high;Single-family homes months of inventory climbed to a 3.5-months supply versus 2.9 months a year earlier.

My goal is to continue working full-time while I real estate invest in the side, all the while achieving financial independence in the long-run.

Achieve your short-term goals that will produce proceeds and resources that will,2.

Achieve your short-term goals that will produce proceeds and resources that will,2.

Achieve your short-term goals that will produce proceeds and resources that will,2.

It's great to be a part of like minded individuals - Real Estate is something I love and live daily, I'm interested in sharing all of my knowledge and resources to help Add Value to what you are trying to achieve with your real estate goals.

Values are higher now...time to clean up the books.By way of a first-hand example of reason #2:  I just bought a house on the courthouse steps that had a $600K loan from 2006.