$77,000 earnings on a $190,000 investment is unheard of in real estate, but quite normal for a well running business.New RE investors are always after cash flow and CoC return.

In the long run, Roth-style retirement accounts beat the Traditional retirement accounts.

Your investment properties are in jeopardy.People constantly create these fear-mongering hypotheticals: "What if you fall asleep at the wheel of a bulldozer and run over a family of sixteen watching Home Alone 3 in their den?"

Additionally, don’t overlook the opportunity cost of pulling money from your 401k—those funds could have been compounding in the market.I’d also suggest stress testing your ROI by running scenarios with higher expenses or lower rents to see how resilient the investment is.

Always curious how others weigh that trade-off.When it comes to balancing cashflow with long term equity, allow me a slight running start. 

Someone could also leave a garden hose running for a day.

I want to buy and hold, running this as a retirement project, with my son managing it. 

Definitely will,Looking to head up some time in May

It hits every nail on the head and I see it everyday where everyone acts like sheep and just follows the herd because some guru told them too.

Instead, I just decided to head in "that direction" and figured I'd get to the destination eventually.