We've been able to make significant employer-matched contributions to our traditional retirement accounts, some of which we're keeping in the market for diversification and some of which I've converted to a SDIRA for RE investments.We're also both old enough to be really sick of working 9 to 5!

Diversification, HIGHER Yield, Less Hassle than Owning Property and Foreclosure Rights are some of the additional benefits of investing in a fund. 

@Nick Giulioni I'm brand new to this so diversification isn't a huge issue yet, although that is partly why I want to mix it up with a buy and hold between every few flips.

I'm okay with a little less return since I still believe real estate to be safer than the stock and a wise diversification option.What do you handle versus the property manager in terms of repairs, finances, screening, & evictions?

Or, you might decide you like the diversification and you prefer investing in both.

More rooms, more diversification, less likely to lose all my tenants at once.

I like diversification, so I also compare the returns of all my investments against each other.

Warren Buffett explains that diversification is a tool used by Wall Street sales people to sell products.

Most people will do better giving themselves something to fall back on, that's what diversification is meant to do. 

I'm happy to put $10-$50k into each deal but would rather do it through something with an online portal rather than find individuals to partner with.The benefits of online funds would be ease of communication, deal flow, lower minimums, easier to vet with more eyeballs, more diversification, etc.Ideal Investment:I invest $10k-$50k into a deal.The property is Bought, Renovated, Rented out and Refinanced.I get back all or most of my $10k-$50k.I keep the monthly cash flow.