It's like people got used to living a certain life style and now they are just trying to maintain.

I think his lifestyle advice like car buying ratios, not taking credit card debt, cash flowing college are completely spot on.

To me it becomes a REI strategy discussion, lifestyle discussion and the market you go into.A.  1031 the DC property into a 4Plex, where you live. 

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They also prefer their lifestyle amenities, including shopping, dining, entertainment, and fitness, within close proximity or even on site. 

And if a person has never sold a house with a tenant in place that is an equivalent lie and really  in ur real estate life in order to maintain a fixed life style you will always in the end shed ur least friendly area real estate as u scale into better neighborhoods.So like others said to do it on scale in various states i dont think so.

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However, financial freedom is not simply replacing your current income; it requires maintaining your current lifestyle for life.

As several posts have suggested- returns could be better elsewhere - but that lifestyle is worth the smaller return IMO

My personal recommendation would be Robert Denckhoff with Southern Lifestyle Properties.