Find a wealthy uncle or an ambitious friend and see if they’re willing to put up a bit of capital with a pretty much guaranteed nice return.

They're mostly wealthy people who live out of state)-Never gaining clear title, never being able to sell, or getting the crap taxed out of me once Houston starts charging me taxes.Building some kind of rental property on the lot seems like the best way to make this profitable, but I have to have some kind of right to the property to get plans approved, utilities placed on property, etc. 

This current government is pushing equality and diversity, but I fear that higher rates aren’t going to push prices down, but only make it so the wealthy can purchase real estate and make the divide greater between the rich and the poor.

As you dive in here, you're going to see so many different ways to build wealth. I

He basically told me to be wealthy I need the stock market with 401k and stocks.

They’re right on the edge of wealthy areas that seem to be expanding into that area.

Landed here after tipping a few small dominoes towards learning about basic financial literacy, setting goals ( joining the site was on the list today ), and a few books ( Two Income Trap, 4 hour workweek, The Wealthy Barber, Rich dad, and in the mail - Richest man in Babylon.)

No need to do anything more complicated with it as you aren't growing wealthy through those funds.Hope this helps,

The library is free, but the bookstore has a lot of great books on becoming wealthy.

@Kevin GerbieHey Kevin, most suburbs of Grand Rapids have good schools:RockfordCaledoniaJenisonGrandvilleHudsonvilleAda/CascadeWyoming KentwoodComstock ParkEast GRIn GR there are several great neighborhoods for investing with high rents and high appreciation:Around Wealthy St, Medical Mile, Bridge St, cherry st.Also around the GVSU downtown campus is great for rentals