I profited $1.4 million last year as an Airbnb Superhost. Here's how I'm using real estate to achieve financial freedom.

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Syed Lateef runs his Airbnb business in Chicago.

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If you want a high-paying job and a more affordable house, move to the Rockies or the South

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Arches National Park in Utah.

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I'm no longer embarrassed to have roommates at 37. Splitting rent hasn't even been the best part.

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I decided to move in with two roommates at 37.

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The 12 top cities in the US where everyone is moving

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The Villages, Florida.

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I spent a night in one of the empty apartments in Malaysia's $100 billion ghost town, and I can see why very few people want to live there

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The author stayed in one of the condominiums in Forest City, a development that cost $100 billion to build.

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I was a renter. Then I bought my house from my landlord for $210,000.

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Dom Guerra was renting a two-bedroom home in Ohio until it bought it himself.

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Jeff Bezos just purchased his 3rd mansion on a gated island off Miami. Take a look at all the lavish US properties he owns.

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Jeff Bezos announced he is relocating to Miami, one of the many places he owns property.

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The housing shortage is getting no help from aging baby boomers

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Visiting older family members once a month could help them live longer.

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A record 550 cities now have average home values above $1 million

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Jeff Bezos snaps up a 3rd Miami-area mansion for $90 million

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Jeff Bezos.

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