Its illogical in my book and If I couldn't figure out how to see my own asset, I'd just invest in mutual funds.

If you can rent 3 units for $2,000 you are close to breakeven.On the plus side, you will have a highly attractive asset and several decades without much cost of capex and repairs. 

It depends if you need or want the money out or want an asset that will bring in income, especially since you own it cash.

Forming a business to protect my assets is an area I need to gain more knowledge in.

They don't seem to realize that this is a financial organization. 

Dan your market/assets/tenants are on a totally different level than a good majority of the rest of the country. 

I didn't understand why I could not get my money out of a free and clear asset. 

I’m determined to reach financial freedom from a W-2 job by Dec. 2034.

@Cristal Ochoa @Leiah DotlichI will preface this with the fact that I have a legal background, specifically with estate planning and asset protection.

Go search the topic "Lifestyle Asset University" here on Bigger Pockets and you will see a longer thread with a lot of opinions (most are not members) but still worth a read as there are a half a dozen paid members from our group who have commented on that thread.We were formerly called Lifestyle Asset University, but I didn't realize that you couldn't use the word University in your company name here in Utah so we changed our name to Vodyssey.