What is the percentage you are aiming to achieve right now to prepare for uncertain times? 

It is a great place to meet new friends and learn about various aspects of real estate and more.Read Beginner’s Guide to help you get started: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investingI hope BP helps you achieve your goals!

Allows me to achieve FIRE!

Those numbers are achievable in Lakeland, Plant City, and Winter Haven..

Currently, I have no real experience in real estate, but I have family members and influences in my life who invested in real estate and inspired me to pursue real estate investing to build long-term wealth and achieve financial independence.

Going from looking at house hacking in the US (with our beloved FHA loans and low-down conventional loan) and talking about house-hacking (owner occupying a property with investment intention)) is the equivalence of 3-D chess.Investing in other countries and achieving good cashflow and appreciation is certainly possible and is being doing consistently. 

https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in November:• Single-family home sales increased for a sixth consecutive month, surging 25.6 percent year-over-year with 7,990 units sold;• The Days on Market (DOM) figure for single-family homes dropped from 59 to 46;• Total property sales shot up 28.1 percent with 9,660 units sold;• Total dollar volume jumped 43.9 percent to $3.1 billion;• The single-family average price achieved a record high, rising 15.0 percent to $341,765; • The single-family median price climbed 12.0 percent to $270,000 – the second highest median price of all time; • Single-family homes months of inventory registered a 2.2-months supply, down from 3.6 months last November and below the national inventory of 2.5 months;• Townhome/condominium sales jumped 23.4 percent with the average price up 2.5 percent to $224,130 and the median price up 11.8 percent to $190,000;• Single-family home rentals fell 11.1 percent with the average rent down 5.5 percent to $1,882; • Townhome/condominium leases declined 4.0 percent with the average rent up 11.5 percent to $1,674.

They will understand exactly what you are trying to do and be able to help you achieve your real estate goals.I hope this helps.

Start letting everyone you know what your plans are and how you’re going to achieve them through Real Estate.

If that is the case, 35-40k very achievable in the TN Smokies IF you can get a decent property around $300k, which these days is tough to do, unfortunately.