He got a big promotion and has to move the family out of state ASAP, so they need to dump the house.  

That's why we got into real estate.Focus on your job, do the best you can, get promoted, earn bonuses, pack your own lunch, and save every penny for your next deal.  

Brokers promote the notion that everybody should  diversify.

We are looking to get establish in China to promote real estate from the US.

What if I told you it would be a good idea if you worked at a full time job, and then started to work on a side job...paying your employer, and this was fine with you because your first job gave you more money than you knew what to do with, and you "hoped" that the side job would give you a promotion (apartment conversion), transfer you to a closer location saving transportation costs (tax savings) and give you a raise (rent increase) but you didn't know when/if yet?

You can find more info on our webpage (I don't want to get in trouble again for self promotion).

I'm not going to promote the book, it is from the 2000 and claims that the survey was done by the Federal government, which implied to me that it might have been from tax data?

When I was a kid, about 13 or 14, I worked in a berry farm in the summer, got promoted to work at the mink farm across the street in the winter, cleaned a barbar shop on thursdays and also mowed yards whenever the grass would grow.Then, dropped out of high school at age 16 and did this kind of stuff for 8 years:RooferGrocery baggerHotel JanitorCredit card customer serviceCarpet cleanerElectician Helper Cable TV installer8 years later:Bachelor's Civil Engineering8-5 Geotechnical Engineer for last 4 yearsMaster's Civil Egineering (just this month)Future.......?

., TV commercials, radio ads, motivated seller website, SEO, pay per click/adwords, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online advertising and boosted/promoted social media postings.Bottom line is consistency.

There are crowdfunding websites (BiggerPockets promotes several of them) that make investing in RE pretty much turnkey.