Such things as a 20K assessment per apartment cause some rich board memebers (Who could care less about the poorer people in the building) wanted to change the look of the outside that in my opinion didn’t  need it.

Another famous Real Estate Investor,Armando Montelongo in his "Flip and Grow Rich" book also teaches the same precept.

With most people it started with Rich Dad Poor Dad, and grew from there.

A tenant with nothing vs a landlord with millions in real estate in Seattle Washington...a Jury will bleed their heart out for the poor uneducated tenant with a dangerous dog that attacked me, the rich, evil capitalist....

We can't check every room during this visit but we can usually tell if there are animals present, either by smell or food bowls, etc. 

I'm hoping to hear about different professions that relate to real estate and how I could enter those fields to live a rich and fulfilling life.

If that happens, it will probably stimulate the economy.What I mean is it gives people a choice to re-invest or to buy a Luxury Yacht, or a new Mercedes AMG.On the political side they are probably doing it to increase the tax draw so they can have more money and control who gets it when it is distributed vs stimulating the economy.In reality the 1031 is a pain due to the rules, but it does allow faster accumulation of wealth than if you paid taxes on it.In many areas the basic necessity of food is sales tax free, they should make all income from the basic necessity of housing (real estate) tax free--like tips used to be.

Well after reading RIch Dad Poor Dad and now that the kids are older and the family is healthy, I have come to accept that I actually really enjoy the real estate business. 

All I knew was being at the top of google = filthy rich.

REI is a passion of mine, and its the key to my dream life, not riches and material things, but a life that I can spend a majority of my time with my future family, and my wife, and traveling.