Those who allow themselves to be ignorant of something they have never experienced can only speak from that....Pure Ignorance.

I can make an argument for high inflation or for deflation (negative inflation, a much worse situation that it would seem.)For example, my assessment is that Denver prices are still about 15% ahead of where they would be if purely driven by inflation.

I however do not have the ability to do a conventional Mort. b.c of my own DTI but i have decent credit... oh joys of being in a pickle...i may try a blanket mortgage with one of my other rental properties to try to close this one.. but i wanted to run this by everyone.any thoughts or comments would be greatly appreciated....thanks Ray

That's pure luck.

The fact that the duplex I'm in now will show decent positive cash flow once I rent both sides happens to be pure luck!

My 120k/50k example was purely hypothetical (basically I was making the point that if there was a business that a would give such a good return... it would be worth taking a hit on the withdrawal of the IRA monies).I've just realized that RE or any other investment will never give me the returns that a successful business that I own would.

The Awesomeness definitely has contributed to the problems, but the goal is to have pure awesomeness without any downtime.

Since it's in a light commercial zoned area, maybe the units could also be converted into pure office space which may yield better.

You're getting $3,660 pure income flowthrough per year on $15,000 outlay, or 24.4% IRR. 

There comes this new found joy of simply living and your enthusiasm comes back, your passion blossoms like a warm fuzzy feeling inside of you, you feel joy again and that make all of the difference in the way you experience life and how you respond to it.