It can be in appreciation, in trading up in assets, etc.With 50k, it really depends.

Unless you can do that I would start paying off my 401k debt and learn to raise private capital. expansion is good, but you are trading a lot of net worth for cash flow. learn to leverage outside capital so you're adding to equities rather than shuffling them.

Also, I have no experience in trades or homebuilding, both of which (in hindsight) would have been nice to work on.Any general or anecdotal advice would be much appreciated.

The problem is that the majority do exactly that, but a great professional real estate agent knows what boxes to check and the tricks of the trade.

If you have U.S. credit, 2 scores must show with at least 2 years of trade line history.

Its a trade off. 

However, for commercial properties in Colorado Springs it is common to see deals trade at a 5% cap rate.

However, this was below the 5-year average annual absorption of around 5,000 units.Employment growth is forecast to be modest at 0.9% in 2024 and 0.5% in 2025, which may limit demand growth.

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I am a luxury watch dealer by trade, but I've been looking to get into real estate investing.