The moral of the story is, with real estate, there are many things that can happen completely unexpectedly.

My thought process is make the cash now and invest in real estate later but I’d love to hear anybody else’s insight. 

My view is that I can get a higher return by parking that cash in real estate as opposed to having some fund manager get me marginal returns on my savings.Appreciate any thoughts or comments.

I'm Kris from Toronto, passionate about real estate investing in Multifamily. 

I'm Sam from the DMV (DC, MD, VA) area, passionate about real estate investing for the past 12 years.

@Joel MoraThis is the area of real estate where most of it lies, which is in the gray area (unlike every guru telling you it’s black and white).

For the bulk of my real estate service career I've sold Oregon Coast property and STR vacation rentals with ocean views and occasionally oceanfront locations. 

I recently inherited my mother's house, and I'm excited to kick off my real estate journey with it as a tribute to her.

Explain it is more expensive than you thought to own the house (real estate tax reassessment, etc) and you want to escrow for making future improvements.

I am new to real estate.