I want to expose my capital to compound interest as efficiently as possible.

One DIY guy tried laying in rubber roofing on a heavy tar compound & then tarred the o/lapping joints.

Wholesaling is a difficult business and if you compound the difficulty by not being there you're not setting yourself up for success as easily as if you were there.

Could this be a way to be owner occupant and still rent/compound equity gains?

The "California Patch" works much better, is more secure, and using fast drying drywall compound can be done in about an hour when you get good at it.

I manage a property (we call it a compound) that is really old and funky on the beach in Santa Barbara with 7 housing units and an office.

So to actually lose money and see the compound leverage truly work against you your NOI plus appreciation would have to be below $4800 per year, and this scenario would equate to only 4.8% IRR for a cash purchase.

Trevor,First of all, it's great that you're focusing on investing at a young age, as nothing beats time and compounding for future wealth building.

I was doing some digging to try and find out, since I thought it would be good to know who they are, in case one of them ever crosses my bow.

From my research of the foundation problem (crack and bowing along a cinder block wall), the fix will probably be wall anchors which is around $5000 in my area according to Angie's list.