Next time you take off from a major airport look down at the city below. Billions of dollars worth of real estate just in your view. There are millions of buildings all around us. Tens of millions of people who own them. Real estate will never be fully institutionalized. There will always be room for the relative mom-and-pop. There will always be good deals because people fail to maintain or manage their properties properly. Being “small” is its own advantage in this game. You don’t need a big team or a big fund. You can be scrappy and do a multimillion dollar deal by yourself. And just one good deal can change your life. This is why I love RE.