Fundamentally diffrent strategies for different fundamentally different investment / business models.

This stuff is pretty easy fundamentally.

We don't have boot camps or crazy people jumping out of cakes, we have solid advice based on the CI fundamentals and we follow this for our members.

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Chad,To be eligible for a Solo 401K plan you must be self-employed or have a legitimate business that generates  ‘earned’ income and has no full-time employees other than the owner and his spouse.

I am planning on purchasing a 2nd house when I become eligible for my VA loan this next winter(December) I can put 0% down and I would like that 2nd purchase to be a duplex.

But those are some 101 level fundamentals that will get you started with a solid foundation.Be proactive in choosing your path.

We are currently in our first house-hack and will be eligible to purchase our 2nd HH in April (because it will have been 1 year since we purchased the first one).

As far as median household income, all 4 major markets in Texas are above the national median, so as far as "fundamentals" Texas looks attractive, that is why is a competitive market with more investors flocking in - does it makes sense?  

As an episode of House Hunters a few years ago showed, some people are surprised when they see what the cost is of some of the homes around here because of simple supply and demand fundamentals.