Then "progressiveness" hit and the police do nothing about the bums, there are piles of trash literally 10+ feet high, rats running all over the place, human crap and used needles on the streets, homeless camps across the street from million dollar condos, and diseases infecting people.

It doesn't happen overnight but sometimes the best things in life are worth waiting for.Anyways, all this said I don't think anyone here is going to be able to speak to the compatibility and where you and your girlfriend's hearts are in terms of evaluating a committed relationship. 

I suppose because it’s the government acting in a cruel and authoritarian manner to a minority of well off homeowners that they feel justified imposing this financially devastating decision overnight.

-JohnI would like to buy a FANG company and become a billionaire overnight. 

Their house was worth far less than what they still owed and many investors lost everything overnight .

I understand Real estate is not something over night, I want to make the burden easier not only on myself, but for my mother (she works extremely hard).

have never read the book.. but I can't see how yearly income relates to one's success.. one who makes more money may do a lot of cool ventures that have nothing to do with real estate that are really rewarding to them.. like charity,, travel.. camping extended time off all sorts of things ( we commonly call smelling the roses).. that can't be measured.and then of course you have that definite little nugget really depends on where you live and what your basic housing cost are going to be.. someone living in NYC  maybe can barely squeeze by on 500k a year whereas in fly over country or some Mid West MSA were median home prices are 140k and gas is under 2 bucks and food is 20 to 30% cheaper at restaurants etc etc you live like a king on 10k a month. 

Your near Camp Pendleton.

I'm of the "If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right" camp (thank you, Henry Ford), and I think I can, so I'm looking forward to the journey.

His only benefit was from equity paydown(paying the mortgage) his advice was count on 50%, obviously heavily influenced by tenant turnover.On current strategy, the world is yield starved with low rates of return on everything, so many are accepting formally unthinkable returns as "better than money in the bank"I would be firmly in the "time to re-strategize" camp, and think the artificially low interest rates will cause a lot of malinvestment as financial engineering usually does.7.5% should be doable with multifamily or syndicationAlthough there seems to be no end to those who will overpay, perhaps not understanding actual costs or investing for other reasons(besides cashflow) on the commercial side.