Love it—pair your engineer brain with investor reps.

But there is a small corner of the real estate world where you can engineer the outcome, avoid the volatility, and compound without needing millions in equity first.

I was told by a prospective lender to assume 6% appreciation and 5% seller fee for my model - these numbers are far more optimistic than yours, perhaps misleading as you say.I agree that residential RE should whoop passive investing to be worth it, especially since I have a full time job as an engineer so time is precious.I will tune up the underwriting calculation with the categories and values you’ve mentioned, and look more into passive investing options, and compare the 2 to come to a decision.Thanks again for taking the time to provide advice to someone like me who is learning the ropes, I appreciate it.  

And tourism here isn’t just “nice to have”—it’s one of the state’s largest economic engines.

My designs are always a mix of high and low because that just smart budget engineering).So, I''m curious.

Invest your college money in engineering or accounting (fields where most millionaires reside) and then leverage your wealth to serve youth.  

I'm so paranoid the algorithms aren't fine-tuned yet that even if I used some of these tools for deal analysis, I'd still have a human review it. 

I have a neurosurgeon, a nurse and a couple engineers living in one of my parks full time.  

Sadly none of our engineers were able to replicate this breakage (thanks Cloudflare!)

MN is a major engineering center in USA.