Marc, thank you very much for your response…and your brutal honesty. Sincerely appreciate it.

I can afford to pay $2000 per month so what should I do?

a) Buy a property for myself to live in and earn some equity?
b) move to a place perhaps where I pay less rent and save the extra to invest in positive cash flow properties?

You are right, I live on my own. I also work in the city and where I live now allows me easy access into and out of the city. But I can definitely move to a one bedroom or get a roommate to reduce my rent.