Frankly, in small towns people have to live somewhere and if I put out the best product, my house will be the next one to sellMy recollection is the last 2 crashes had some legislation that fueled the flames.

Amazon coming in only made the prices go up moreIf you buy that 1.3million dollar house; chances are that you will be cash-flow negative but banking in the appreciation to make up for it.You may want to come out to a real estate investing networking event in NYC and see what everyone is doing.

It is the most small-business friendly legislation ever passed and allows most business owners to write off up to 20% of their business’ net income.

@Lorelai Gilmore Washington State has just enacted a bunch of new tenant protections during the last legislative session. 

You'll want to build that loss into whatever investment you buy and see if you're able to make up that loss with your investment.You may be better off continuing to contribute to your employer's plan and waiting until you have "enough" later, rather than pulling it out now. 

It’s tough the older you get because you don’t have as much time to make up for mistakes.

They spent a good deal of time talking about proposed state and local legislation that impacts landlords.  

I heard some statistic that "edibles" make up some huge percentage of the market in the legal states.

You seem to be thinking "creative financing" is some strategy or ploy (which it is not as they aren't really creative) that you can put in your contract to make up for another $20,000! 

However, research on rent control has shown that where legislation works against market forces by setting a cap on what a landlord may charge the impacted communities tend to see stagnation in the market.