There are people here who believe that 2% is not achieve-able in any neighborhoods where they want to own properties, there is even some consensus that at 2% you have a pure-cash-flow investment with any appreciation as an added bonus.

You seem to be shooting for surviving in your adult life to an extent when you should be looking more to a higher level of achievement.

The truth is, we have a long journey ahead of us but if done correctly, you will eventually achieve your goal.

I am four years from retirement and the desire to build residual income is very important to me and I will do whatever is needed to (that is legal and moral) in order to achieve this.

There could be a whole book on that subject but the short answer is when the property achieves its investment objective.

If so, what are they hoping to achieve??

I cannot continue to fear mistakes, because then I will never achieve success.

RE investing can be a great way to achieve wealth.

if we achieve a 100% return, I would get $100,000, which is $50k original investment + $50k profit.

To achieve this, I'm looking for one or a few small apartment buildings (5-30 units) that will get me to this short-term target.