I don’t focus on the total interest paid over time metric.

As a self operator the total investment into this project was $420k.

I want either full control - an individual property - or total liquidity - a REIT or index fund. 

I have a full time job in  a totally different field and I manage 2 properties.

I find it more helpful to track on my total cash into the deal (inclusive of furniture, amenities, etc), so cash on cash and monthly net cash flow are the two metrics I find are most informative when I'm looking at a purchase. 

Totally get where you're coming from!

You're better off reading the BiggerPockets forms getting a couple of books worth 100 bucks total and going from there.

they probably have a bunch of 3% nonconforming loans on their balance sheet so 5.5% is not bad, totally reliable payments, plus in a legal battle they'd likely find the power of attorney didn't extend to the ridiculous term and that there was no breach of any enforceable agreement.   

Originally posted by :We each put 50k into this business, got a corporate CC and LOC for a combined total of 28k and went to work.  

I would do this every 12-15 months if my spouse wasn’t totally opposed to moving frequently.