Additionally, a larger property like this is valued based on the actual cash flow, not sales comps, so you have the ability to force appreciation faster with efficient management.Adding the a 5-10 unit may also increase the amount of time you spend getting you closer to the 'Real Estate Professional' status for tax purposes opening up room for offsetting some W-2 income on taxes.  

I get builders risk policies for all my new builds and at least in the markets I built in Charleston SC  and Portland Oregon have never seen the fence and security and like you I would have trusted my broker to mention something like that.. fence and 24 hour security is just not something you do on ONE SFR rehab.. unless its a known high crime area like South side of chicago and now inner city Portland you really need the fencing etc other wise the homeless and druggies will walk off with everything.. when did a bunch of rehab loans in South Jackson MS same thing theft was off the charts and we had houses burn down .. but the dollars were much smaller.I know I have gotten larger policies for my bigger developments and I did pay my lawyer to go through them line by line and at the end of the day they really cant say what is or is not covered.Also you simply would not think of anything in Colusa county as being high crime .

As you know, it is a personal choice but overall, they are doing well. 

Cash value life insurance can serve a purpose but it is not an apples to apples comparison and if you are going to have to make a choice based on your fact pattern you would go with the retirement plan.  

Imagine making millions of dollars throughout your career and then having to pay Uncle Sam 30-50% every year instead of compounding that cash over time.This is exactly what real estate professionals have learned to mitigate.To reduce their taxable income, they buy a building every year, do a cost seg, and use depreciation to reduce their tax liability dramatically.Their personal wealth snowball grows much larger and much faster than their W2 counterparts who give most of their money back to the government each year.Following this strategy as a real estate professional is one of the best ways to end up with a much larger net worth at the end of your career.

Her choice. 

Cash buyers are stepping back, with a 14.8% decrease, but the 57.6% surge in inventory means buyers have more choices than ever.

Well if its from a bank you do not have any choice.

There used to be one, but normally people post questions in the larger groups and simply add the location (usually Canada or the province) to the heading.

Thus, I have been looking into the apartment complex space and continue to educate myself in the event that opportunities continue to be brought to me.Sooo In digging into a number of courses my concern is this with the larger 10+ apartments and high numbers 1 million and up.