Owning a small investment isn't sexy like flipping, but you don't have as much risk, either.  

My two teens are in college now. 

The less sexy, longer why to build wealth through real estate is about as sound and guaranteed as an investment can be. 

Forget about the sexy SFH.

A big one for me is not the "why".. but the "if not".If I do not hustle and work my sexy little butt off, I won't be able to eat crablegs when ever I want... or call hard working people, "the help", and have 4 other mere mortals give each of my extremities a full rubdown...

I want to offer financial literacy classes to my tenants with separate courses targeted towards parents, and teens.

Last year we went to Hawaii and Alaska both repeat trips at the request of my teens. 

sexy, if it's detracting from your quality of life, one could argue it defeats the purpose; I personally know investors that went from owning 60+ SFR's with debt to selling most doors in order to own a fraction of them free-and-clear for the peace of mind and ability to "sleep better at night."

OK so you will say, yeah but you are so good looking, sexy smart and you have god-like lead generation powers.

They left him for dead and he suffered permanent brain damage.Another time, we had a cleaning person performing her regular weekly duties in a laundry room of a 20 plus unit property, she was attacked and raped.I personally, when working maintenance years ago, was on a ladder in the common hallway replacing a fixture when a teen pulls a knife and demands money.