I have also noticed that if you ask the average citizen here most have never thought about real estate as an investment vehicle or even as an investment category and it is mostly foreign investors that are implanting the idea of viewing real estate as an investment vehicle and as a way to create wealth and reach financial freedom.

During my time there..mostly undergrad and throughout grad school...my house was broken into, vehicle vandalized, and frequent issues with neighbors.

We were able to get our money back and learned some valuable lessons.By 2008, I was still looking for an appropriate vehicle to invest our assets.

Well, your tenant's vehicle registration, their registered address for voting purposes, any requests to the post office to hold mail or forward to the address from their prior residence, etc.

Apparently I'm years behind on this craziness, but randomly I stumbled on this forum discussion the other day, actually when I was reading up on the salvage vehicle stuff.

You probably do the same thing on your stereo or auto purchases.

If you have a hybrid / electric car :FREE Hybrid and Electric Parking:The Colorado Convention Center Parking Garage has designated reserved parking stalls for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles for up to 8 hours of FREE parking.

With SFHs you also needed to have all of your tools in your vehicle as they were usually scattered all over town.

The real question is will they improve fatality rates due to vehicles.

I believe you are on the right track choosing RE as the income producing and retirement plan vehicle, however, you are missing out on the power of leverage to start.