There is a lot of risk right now in buying condos whether to rent out or to live in.

Once one stops the day job then perhaps the portfolio can be moved more towards cash flow but don’t forget we are living longer.

I live in CA. 

One thing I didn't mention is I'm 67 and mostly living off my income producing assets, i.e., rental properties, RE secured promissory note, high-yeild savings, etc. 

(If you can't get in the door on your own merit... maybe you shouldn’t be doing this.)Encouraging students to utilize his private Facebook group members to post fraudulent reviews for other students websites in order to boost their search results and by doing so intentionally misleading sellers as to the students knowledge, skills and ability to closeInstructing investors to deliberately target and befriend nursing and assisted living home staff in order to gain their complicity in preying upon patients and residents. ....

FHA or other owner-occupant loans can let you buy with a low down payment and gain experience managing a property while you live there, which also helps you qualify for better financing later.

I remember when the go zone hit ( katrina benefits) any business that built a new building and put it in service could write off 100% of the improvements.. so you saw in Jackson MS a huge building boom  car dealers  doctors attorneys and many others building their own facility. 

I have a buddy who lives in Greenville. 

We plan to live in one side and rent the other for $1800.

I have not done rent by room in many years but my son is currently doing it to live at reduced housing costs.