It is more important to me to be building those building blocks than getting the once in a life time deal. 

It's terrific that you are getting plugged into real estate early in life.

The guy was a veteran, served in Iraq and got hurt, spent a year in hospital, and is now on military disability pension for the rest of his life.

I got his whole life story etc .  

.)- And many more...I am not necessarily richer than before I invested in RE but I'd say my life is somewhat richer...I am never bored.Please send me a message if like me, your parents are source of inspiration and if your love for real estate does not get tarnished by your "love" for bed bugs and dealing with ignorant lenders...

I can't find a contractor to show up to save my life.

If the goal is risk mitigation, and your exposure isn't huge (maybe you have a property or two and are just starting out in life), some investors will go the insurance route and choose a large umbrella policy over forming one or more LLCs.

Imagine if 20-30% of the buying transactions disappeared, and that's a good picture of what life would be like in a stricter system in those countries that you mentioned.These subsidized loans happens largely because US social policy is mostly non-existent towards public housing or rent subsidies when compared to those other home-owning countries.

My family all has a background in real estate so it was something I have been around all of my life. 

In my past life I headed two investment clubs.