People are trained for 20 years in our education system to do what someone else tells them to do.

I like to listen to educational and motivational things on my computer while I work so my brain dosn't turn to mush.Try this!

Have a read over there, and you'll get an education on the reality, or lack thereof, of these "daisy chains."

To expedite the arrival of your status quo, 15 - 20 properties, you should seriously explore the power of leveraging your money.

All this is good motivation but make sure you jump in well educated!

Educate yourself before making ANY moves in real estate.

So RE is so powerful because you get tremendous tax reduction benefits (depreciation, interest expenses, all operating expenses, and depreciate your capital improvements) all the while you've leveraged your investments, your tenants are paying your mortgage down for you, inflation is eating away at your mortgage, and you raise rents over time.

Meanwhile, use this as an education period, work hard at a job and save money like you are doing.

I have 2 properties that were bought as a beginner with limited education.

The direct subway stations areas haven"t changed much but the city has put forward a plan to stimulate construction of some 900 units at one of the stations, and the other one has about 700 units wich will be developped next yearNow the city is starting to build a new City of Knowledge" wich is basically going to be University campuses and Education facilities for a few blocks, and all that is beeing built about 500 meters from my building.