Well in certain parts of the US that 100$ will buy you the entire country of Tajikistan, and other parts it will be a lick of an ice cream cone on sale. with this very illustration it highlights a very broken measure, because a 100$ here in Houston should be the same 100$ in New York and the same 100$ in Hawaii.

What a cool illustration that is of the life-cycle of real estate investing and the ethos we can do it with!

Focus is one of the strongest forces in the universe.I would like to share 2 proverbs to illustrate my point about patience and focus:1) If you chase 2 rabbits you will be catch none2).

Do you have the illustration that give you the IRR (after all fee)? 

(Random numbers for illustration) I hope this helps and sorry you’re experiencing this.

I tell you all that to illustrate this; I have a strong will and I dont quit.

I tell you all that to illustrate this; I have a strong will and I dont quit.

Averaged over the life of the policy, the cost is usually between 0.5 to 0.75%.Hi Mike,I appreciate you providing us with an illustration of how this works.  

@Wes Mccullar @Bikash ChhetriHere’s a link into a blog post I wrote about investing $50,000 a year for 10 years  Of course, returns are never guaranteed but the returns I use in this illustration are quite doable  Demonstrates the power of consistent investing in syndications.

They both have the same effect on your net worth.I hate hypotheticals, but just as a simple illustration, if someone gave you $500 as a gift, you could either put it in your pocket or you can use it to pay down your CC debt.