Appeals to tenants who are tech-savvy but not comfortable just shooting over the money on Venmo or whatever.More recently I rented to friends-of-friends who are about my age, hippie millennials like me.

Eventually you will grow out of that and start leveraging your finances using equity you have in your portfolio and using banks and private lenders

Hey guys,I just finished reading Rich Dad Poor Dad today and really enjoyed the book, but now I'm ready to start taking action.  I live in a relatively small town in central Texas with a population somewhere around 21...

It will take you 10-15 years of steady investing to grow to the point of replacing a pay check.

Do not allow any equity to grow in it.

@Skylar Vincent  Caldwell is a growing place to invest for sure...lots of revitilazation downtown and much lower price points than Boise. 

I'd like to start conservative and see how that goes, then possibly grow from there.

One of the recent bigger pockets podcasts covered this exact situation- it was 275: Early Retirement at age 35 with Bryce Stewart.

I hope to get started in Real Estate Investing, as a new passive income stream that will grow over many years.

Obviously growing populations are better than shrinking populations. 2.