Assume those are not reinvested (but in 2 years you could potentially buy another) and after five years you have $60,000 gain from real estate compared to the market.Anytime you add leverage the yields become a lot more sensitive (gains and losses are significantly effected overall).Therefore you should look at it from two perspectives, if you are confident in the market, then for real estate, in order for it to outperform the market you would be looking at either 1.

[On a side note, the equivalent of a great deal in the stock market is picking the right stocks that will out perform the stock market in general, and you could in fact use leverage. 

In fact, the C-class stuff outperforms the B-class by MILES.  

Because they hype the systems and talk a smooth game, they will easily outperform their $100,000 every couple months, and the hoops that you need to jump through to get a refund leave many unsatisfied and frustrated without their refunds.

On average the midwest or mid east markets lets coin, will not outperform based on all known demographic trends.

In many areas, university rentals outperform other locations simply because of the "captive market" of students who will need to live close to campus - vacancy rates are lower.

Nobody I've talked to knows about it, but it outperforms anything in this price range.Printing cost ~ $.03 per page!

I have been able to consistently write ads (within a specific marketplace) that outperform most others and command what I believe is the top end of what could be reasonably expected.

A well-managed real estate portfolio will outperform a company-matched 401(k) in the long run.

So when the equity gain is factored in the less cash flow outperformed the higher cash flow property for overall returns.