All of their food waste, and typical household rubbish had been dumped down there for years.

there are 80M households in the US who own and 40M who rent. 

If your 6 units was in a single property, you do something wrong and you have 6 households suing you, much easier to get to $5M.

Long time lurker, first time posting.I’m 29 and my wife and I have a household income of around 200k.

Most middle of the road income people I know here have a household income in excess of $200k per year, when measured against a descent home of $500-$550k home, is a pretty good ratio.

My wife and I have W2 jobs with a combined household income of $450k, not including real estate investments4.

Set a savings rate that is percentage of your income.Each month automate that amount out of your current account into your investment/portfolio account.That is you to keep and fund your asset purchases.This is capital formation at the household level.Anthony Robbins in his book, Money Master The Game gives numerous examples of individuals who followed that formula.Sir John Templeton related that he would save 50% of his income to build his business.A UPS employee from his twenties put aside 20% of his income to purchase UPS stock.By his eighties he had a portfolio of over USD70 million of which he gave away USD35 million to charitable causesThere is a warning on the illusion that wealth will somehow, one day fall into our laps.Each amount that passes through our hands is potentially seed capital, which can be used and allowed to go through the power of compounding then contribute to our portfolio growth.Bill Greene in his book "Think Like a Tycoon" suggests setting aside 95% of your income towards your portfolio to become a tycoon.Only spend 5% of your income on consumer items developing a way to expand your means until necessities fit in that  5%.

Households bringing in over $200k now are common. 

Section 8 properties can be lucrative for a stable income, particularly in areas with a high concentration of low-income households.

Gaithersburg is probably the "poorest" of those areas with a median household income of $115k.