I listened to one a few days back where a lady went from being something like 600K in debt to owning 100 doors...or something to that effect.

I was encouraged to read up on Real Estate through a lady friend of mine.

I have to admit that I started second-guessing my gamble of buying 1/2 a house for $130k and having a "partner" on the other half who didn't know that the house was on these two lots.

Along with not paying some lady 10% to manage the place :-)

,My Answer would be -  In today's market if i want to buy #1 Reason would be Low Interest rates (knowing exactly when to buy can be a bit of gamble.

@Jesse Wixson,Purely my opinion...Investing for appreciation is speculation (read: gambling). ...and equity doesn't pay the bills. 

I've been doing leases non-stop, as referrals for another lady I helped find an inexpensive condo but those aren't worth it to me, they're a lot lower than I'd like and I want to get into the luxury market.

The agency lady that attends my local real estate meeting can help post this. 

The lady who does hard money loans is my husband's friend's mom.

Faster than you can blink.I manage nearly 400 properties in NC and it is SO easy to get tenants out, there is no reason to be messing around with this lady.