Additionally, I am looking for a real estate investment opportunity, ideally something that produces decent cash flow. 

These factors would include the numbers of properties that can be managed efficiently; the amount of capital their acquisition consumes (which is function of their down payment and financing terms), the quality and durability of the income stream they produce both in times of inflation and recession, their fiscal independence from government subsidies, and the time one must spend puffing out fires in order to continue to function.

She's a great listener and produces solutions.

TLDR: If you're in year 4 of 10 and pay the mortgage off, your payoff balance will be adjusted to reflect the cost of buying a gov't bond that will produce the equivalent amount of dividend payments for the remaining 6 years (in other words, one way or another, the lender is absolutely going to get their 10 years of payments).

Nearly all of these options will hinge on your ability to produce that level of income once complete.

A good real estate brokerage firm will not entertain or interview you if you do not have an active real estate license because those brokerages are top producing brokerage meaning those companies are buying leads with premium leads like Zillow and other sources.

Don't forget your Follow up process, Cold calling consistently will produce good leads but, for us, the first contact to closed deal is longer than some of the other forms of marketing and FU is the difference maker.

I advise people to hold property forever unless they can move the money into another investment that produces a greater return or moves them closer to their goals.

@Derrick Wallace you know...you can have a simple side hustle producing income.

It is super easy to use and it produces solid leads!