Your time here will be well spent.Since you are interested in flips I added the below links for ease of reference.http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/01/07/flipping-houses/ (step by step guide to flips)https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/05/18/how-to-flip-houses-3/ (5 steps to flipping)https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2010/4/28/the-8-rules-for-flipping-in-2010/ (The 8 rules for flipping - J.

If this is you, definitely consider putting your money in a TSP.I am easing back my retirement account contributions because I already have a sizable chunk of money in them, and I plan on retiring long before I could access these easily without tax penalty.

For ease of illustration assume you have 700,000 of gain from a sale of one million.  

In the contract, I believe it says that the realtor needs to be present for the inspection (my legal-ease needs a bit of work I must admit).

Thanks @Chi Cheungthat puts my mind at ease.

I have a cluster going .. so hopefully I can ease out of it...

Lower new unit projections for 2015 suggest that pent up demand might be easing.

For ease of funding and long term value however, I have to think houses will be much better.If I were you, I'd show up to Larry Harbolt's meeting on Monday and ask for opinions during the discussion portion of the meeting.Good luck!

Once I hit five properties I'd like to ease up on growth as compounding with five will achieve what I need/want.

We have all lived in a very comfortable environment of low-interest rates and quantitative easing/easy money policies for a number of years, and this has benefitted both home owners and ordinary real estate investors with low leverage costs.