To be financially free.

We want to be able to be financially independent by the time we are early 40s.

Thanks in advance, BrianThat’s going to be somewhat difficult, but not impossible.Wealth manager, financial advisor, investment manager, etc training is different than real estate investing.  

Below are a few tips (from a banker's perspective) on how to effectively analyze properties from a financial / returns standpoint. 1.

It’s a practical first step toward financial freedom — you become both a homeowner and an investor on the same day.Living in your own investment property allows you to learn property management firsthand while keeping your costs low.

For there to be a crash there has to be panic selling and as the economist is quoted, homeowners are just choosing to stay put because they are in great financial shape and can afford to stay.

Lining up Hard money lenders and fine-tuning a Fix and flip financial model I feel 100% confident in.I have even submitted a handful of offers and was ultimately outbid.The house i live in now was meant to be a fix and flip but my wife and I felt we should just live in it.

In the current RE market, after any value add is complete, leverage is necessary to achieve returns that justify the effort of residential RE.I think you need to educate further.  

Don't commingle; abide by your entity structure and operating agreements; review your financials on a monthly basis; use your financials to drive decisions; etc.Once they dial in these good habits, they actually have more time to spend on the part of their business they love such as finding great deals, raising capital, managing their assets, etc.

I believe that they'll have to provide evidence of the defect, the seller's knowledge of it, and prove that the buyer had financial losses because of it.