I own 2 families homes partly having to avoid dealing with the city regulations required in 3+ families and also because the majority of the housing stock in the Jersey City/Union City/North Bergen/West New York area consists of 2 family homes.

I know not everyone here is a fan of stock market investing but the heart and soul of their product is educating, learning together, and having fun with the process.

The housing stock is old and seems to keep some out of town investors out of the market.  

Don't get caught up in the thought that everything is going to have multiple offers over asking.New builds are still going up like crazy and have very minimal stock.

Then you'd be a principle.

I took the RE Principles at a community college and RE Practice online.

 - Index fund investing can be a "stress" free and hassle free way to get into the investing in the stock market. 

@Mindy JensenLove RAGBRAI :)Fair point - I suppose I could run them til they die, I just have to imagine that these peoples heading bills are outrageous and I don't hate the idea of being ahead of them so we can proactively shop for the best deal rather than having to take whats in stock and available when one breaks but I'll sit on it some more before we launch into replacing them.

Principle, Interest, Taxes and Insurance.  

I have no experience investing in real estate, and only played around with stocks a little.