I can see a mattress in the dining room when I peer in from outside. 

This is the cheapest way to get started (outside of mom and dad funding you). 

It's a tool for a specific purpose and should be implemented as a part of a full wealth management plan, led by a team who deeply understands real estate in a variety of capacities outside of just being a DST wholesaler.  

Doing it this way I can slowly continue to grow my portfolio without needing outside assistance.  

Gotta tell him about this.I know that's outside the box. 

This was our first house which is how it came to be an investment property.Deal: House purchase in 2008 for 650K with 20% downSale would be right around 1.1M with 600-650K equityMy thoughts: Could buy all outside CA but no experience and cashflow would require multiple purchases to make it worthwhile for us. 

I live on acreage outside of Leesburg, and homes in my "neighborhood" with 10+ acres have sold for record highs and in record time these last few months. 

HI @Scott Gadea, the answer is:  Save more money ORInvest in a lower cost market Both are methods that people have used for years to generate great amounts of financial stability or wealth, but the latter is a wonderfully efficient arbitrage play AND many would recommend this because of the fact that your home market is a cyclical market and you'd be wise to build assets in linear markets, or at least hybrid markets that blend the benefits of the two.For more information on investing in real estate outside of your home base area, check out David Green's book Long Distance Real Estate Investing

They get all the benefits of owning real estate, don't leave much of their profit in the city outside of the low taxes, and it seems to me that this does remove valuable housing stock - especially affordable housing.

MY QUESTION to the forum is, my goal is to start another hearing practice outside my county (since I now have a non-compete with the practice I sold) but want to utilize my new real estate license in order to have better access to find investment properties.