It's a trap we can fall into, if not vigilant. 

You learn how to put a toilet in, fix a leak, chane a door knob/dead bolt, resolve a hair ball plug in a sink trap-LOL. 

I was born Mexican and grew up down there to 16 years old in the 80s.

Does that mean you have to re-zone trap houses to commercial? 

@Eli Altman the dollar store sells rat traps. 

We just moved down to Houston this summer from Austin where I spent the last 16 years and my wife was born and raised. 

And it makes sense, since if you were born after about 1985, your only experience with interest rates as an adult tells you that they should be below 5%.They touched below 5% for the first time ever in 2009, then they plunged below that in 2010 for a little over a decade.

I am born and raised in Jville but live in Illinois now.

Now before everyone picks up a red flag and starts parading through this thread, let me add that I was born and raised in Gary, and I'm very comfortable moving around there.I'm certainly no expert, but I am familiar with the different areas and I'm already thinking about the areas I'd be interested in looking at.I'm not ready to buy anything right now--I'm just looking ahead and trying to learn as much as I can right now.Thanks!

Typically I have achieved infinite return as I end up with no money trapped in the RE.Why I am considering doing a syndication is that the time commitment is significantly less than when I do my own RE investments; syndications are more passive than doing your own RE transaction and extremely more passive than BRRRR or flips.