That's the power of compounding investments, but it takes the ability to save/invest $50k per year.

This could be compounded if there is a lack of mortgage money available for those that want and/or need to refi when they come out of forbearance/deferment period, which would most likely bring additional inventory on to the market place.I’m all for being positive, but we need to be aware of what could come too.

Last September we were told by another property owner the fence was failing, and our tenant sent a picture of the fence bowing, but not breached.

But despite all the planning and experience filling my sails, pointing my bow away from land and towards the horizon has been one of the hardest things I've ever done. 

I was scared walking in there, suit and [bow]tie, because I was so young.

Worse still I can't look anything up because they just moved my unit to this ungodly prison compound in the middle of nowhere where you can't access anything useful on the internet.Ugh, this sucks. 

If you invested $55k in a portfolio earning a healthy 8% compound interest, you'd get to $1M in just under 40 years. 

We used self leveling compound in the upstairs hallway where it was really uneven i.e. sagging. 

However, that tends to be near the end of their career when the compounding effect really starts to hockey stick.And Tom, ultimately there is no right/wrong answer.

As an ex math major, can you tell me how to calculate the future returns on a REI that you paid cash for now (20% down) and had a cash flow potential and future flip profit potential where you reinvested all of your profit potential back into your system which resulted in a compounding effect return...spread over the next 15 years?