-In my experience, US neighborhoods grow or die with little in between.

While I've always had good credit, I found it was far easier to grow my own debt-carrying ability by growing my income than it was to try to build a business line of credit.

Things could grow quickly out of control. and, it's not really 9 units at $80K.

Real estate is a small world and those that go above and beyond for their tenants will prosper greatly especially in today's age of technology and review happy world.

Each one of them have a flashy websiteOne can invest in the Public REITS, but will not get much diversification from the stocks & bonds & presently have low yields.I understand the step up in basis for the heirs after we pass away, but at some time in the future(in old age) if we decide to not do 1031 Exchange anymore, I suppose we will have to pay the Cap Gain Taxes, only it will be a much larger sum as all the carried over proceeds will be taxed. 

Working for someone else and in the rat race...Growing up I’ve always wanted to be an entrepreneur and the more I’ve learned about real estate through books, classes, and podcast I think real estate is the is the direction I’d like to go with my entrepreneurial mind.

My goal is to at least double my units by the end of this year, and achieve full financial freedom for my family by 2026... though I'm hopeful that as I keep learning and growing, it will snowball even faster than that.

With that we also have a growing city with lots of startup setting up shop here or moving back to Lincoln with the huge startup community.

It could take up to 10 years or more to grow to the point of having significant enough income to replace a paycheck.If you want to flip you could be facing some very lean times without a job to support you or you would need deep pockets.High paying consistent long term employment is the easiest way to successfully invest.

We are in an age now where not having an active Facebook Business or Twitter can directly result in lost sales and less revenue.