If you don't believe me, head over to the BP rental calculator, plug in a $1 million property with very average appreciation and see what happens over 30 years.Instead, look at buying or starting a business.

After some negotiation, we assigned the property to a buyer for a $35,000 assignment fee—about average for our business.

As it stands now, 1 bedroom co-op apartments in the area have an average sale price of $242,800 and a median sale price of $230,000.** Excluding sub $100K units from Jerome Ave., Plimpton Ave., and Anderson Ave.Assuming your unit's value is consistent with the average unit sale, you'd have a roughly $90,000 gross profit. 

On average, homes in the area have seen an increase of 8.18%, significantly higher than the national average, which typically ranges between 2-3%. 

Real estate investing is forgiving; the average person can still make money even with some big mistakes.

Sellers, it may take a bit longer to close—homes are taking 66.67% more time to go under contract, now averaging 40 days.

So, with some cash for fuel and board-seat-like guidance - oh boy.Seed-stage startups in Silicon Valley have an average valuation of $10m, a 90% failure rate, and are often unprofitable for many years while hoping for the next round.

I don't mind paying fee, if I am getting a better return after fee.If you look at the sum of all the fee of a life insurance and divide them by the total length of the life insurance, you will see that the average yearly fee is lower than most of mutual fund.And I agree with @Jeff Nash that Dave Ramsey is of great help for people who don't know how to manage their money and are getting in debt.

What is the AVERAGE C class rental like in this neighborhood?

Real estate investing is forgiving; the average person can still make money even with some big mistakes.