If you don't have a ridiculously large salary, #5 is the only way to achieve wealth in a reasonably short period of time without great risk.

If you see a person in bell bottoms and a tie dye shirt, you know that's 70's, and if you see a ranch house with a Japanese inspired entry and a 5/12 or shallower roof, with large windows, situated across almost the entire lot with a large front and back yard and a lot of stone work, you know you're looking at midcentury modern- in my area that puts it firmly in the late 50's to mid 60's.

And, for many people, its a form of forced savings that, assuming they don't keep moving and don't extract the cash with refi's or HELOCs, can result in owning a large asset later in life.

All I am doing is socking away every penny so I can realize my dream of getting a large real estate portfolio for true wealth.For this reason - I have no interest in flipping houses and I dont need huge cash flowing properties.

You'd have to put down an extra-ordinarily large amount to hold the 50% rule.

This would be in lieu of a large downpayment. 3 - Signature loans?

How likely do you think unforeseen negative aspects of changing a large part of how our economic society operates are if the code was so simple a monkey could do it?

Which will flood the market with a large inventory of low priced homes.

I would prefer if you have/had a loan with them to validate your opinion.I am just about ready for my 3rd rental property but so far have always banked with a large bank for my personal banking, however they do not do investment loans.

You could check out large cities in Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Georgia.