A known trap in Germany is that nothing is certain until the final agreement at the notary's office.

I feel trapped with $175k W2 and free demo car.

On the flip side, many people are trapped in apartments or townhouses and wish they had a nice size home with yard.

Common trap operators fall into (I’m not immune of doing the same sometimes) is just trying to be ‘full’.

Look for all cash deals even out of state and you’ll do good put all your houses in section 8 and watch the money flow in pay a PM 10% and let it roll in each month and enjoy your life you could probably get about 5-7 homes with 300k in north saint louis county sometimes 4 houses for 100k it’s worth looking into that’s where I invest and south city Saint Louis mo

Great to have a worry free house with warranty but your money is now trapped there unless you bought it drastically under market value. 

In that spirit, here are my cheap *** landlord hacks that I’ve learned over the years:- window and door screens: if they’re broken or torn up, I remove completely on tenant turnover (note, I’m in SF and we don’t have nasty flying insects, etc.

He helps many people understand how to avoid/get free of the financial traps that are everywhere.