I looked at the local market which is rising prices here in the northern VA/DC metropolitan area TH,SF 450k + it is rising. my goal as a full time employee is to invest passively to have multiple stream of income to replace my day job which is IT. here is my dilemma, I have not bought my first time primary home so the goal was to buy rentals while I am living low rent.scenerio 1.Buy my first primary home around northern VA since the major companies (amazon) are moving in and house hack.

My goal for real estate investment is to create a stream of passive income.

I stay on the leaner side and have other revenue streams that contribute to the overhead.Instead of "always be buying", my approach is better described as "always be looking" or "only be buying if the deal is right, always".

I would rather have a few good happy buyers to pass stuff off to than have to depend on a constant stream of new idiots to overpay (granted the last few years this doesn't seem like a bad bet...) on every deal. 

You should get those terms to understand the income stream.  

Thursday evening was dedicated 1:1 time with my daughter, Friday evening was a family movie night, Saturday was a morning swim class with my daughter and we visited family that evening for dinner and a movie, and Sunday was church and lunch with family followed by some errands and ending with another family movie night.THIS WEEK’S PRO TIPI attend several meetups a month and some of the benefits are targeted networking like finding general contractors, general networking like meeting the person you sit next to, and exposure to new ideas from the speakers.

I also work full time in uber to expedite the process to increase my capital (increase revenue your streams!)

Are you valuing a very passive stream of income?

Land has a stream which will compliment an addition of pond.

At some point they have to get higher revenue streams (better job, business, etc.)