It covers categories like electronics, apparel, and groceries sold online, providing monthly insights into price changes in e-commerce (Fun fact, Fed Governor Goolsbee cited below helped develop this, further evidence gov data accuracy needs a looksee).

For you lurkers going to college, dreaming about making real money and having fun doing it, do the real estate first, then take as many college classes as you want.

It’s actually kind of fun to do each year and I don’t mind doing it.  

You've done the hard work, now is the fun part. 

It’s a fun (and sometimes wild) ride, but with the right strategy, it can definitely be worth it.The Disney/Kissimmee area has long been a go-to for vacation rentals, especially for families.

I like the concept of keeping things simple.I would buy the property separately without your friend.It might sound fun doing a business with a friend but a business arrangement is almost like a marriage.One issue that I can see is the timing of sale - who gets to decide when to sell the propertyHow much time will each person spend?

Plus flood of CA folks moving full time .. so nice appreciation over the years and much more fun to go to than most mid western cities.

Part of the fun and risk in different markets.  

Just not fun anymore.  

Here's a fun stat - a 9% annual return, which is reasonable if you re-invest dividends, gets 8x your initial investment in 24 years.