I understand the concept of money working in two places at the same time (because the loan is from the insurance company, not your cash value, which is only used as collateral and continues to receive compounding dividends) and that you’re using the loan proceeds (the insurance company’s money) to make other investments to generate a return (because now you’re earning money on the cash value that is always compounding and the ROI from the new investment), but I’m having trouble digesting some actual, real numbers where this makes sense.  

For some reason the smaller daily activities compound into achieving the large ones.Hope this helps!

These are outstanding life skills that you can employ for the rest of your life and the longer the period of time that you have to use them, the further the compounding effects will help you to go.This type of initial home-buying strategy can and does lead to further opportunities to grow and achieve further benefits besides those already mentioned.

Credit score 760.No equity going into a house at the moment- but have the cheapest rent possible in your area.Two biggest contenders in my mind at the moment: Dump all profits into index funds utilizing some IRA/401k contributions for extra benefit OR Save up enough to begin flipping houses- still do 401k to at least matching levelNote: not working a 9-5 job, work all your own hours only have to attend 2 meetings/wk 2 hrs eachYour job is already incredibly rewarding so you are willing to take on extra bs/work in order to compound your savings over time.

Fill large cracks, voids, or grout lines with a cementitious leveling and patching compound.

To save you grief, let me just tell you that you cannot be specific enough for a low-ball contractor; they will get you. d)  Walls have bows in them.  

Do not compound your problems here by "hoping for the best" and getting a piece of paper from her this weekend and assuming all is well.  

Another, compounding problem (which has been mentioned), is city regulations.

There always seems to be debate about investing early to capitalize on compounding interest vs paying off debt ASAP.I have a significant student loan debt but my wife and I have been able to put ourselves in position to pay it off in a little over a year from now (using about 50-60% of our combined incomes to pay down loans).I don’t have a job that matches in a 401k, but I have a Roth IRA.

The one true advantage youth has over old age is the power of compound interest.