The plan for 30% price cut is to allow for refi to leave 25% equity for conventional bank.I do have $50k in stock account I can use, but would rather not.

Ergo, rental property demand will increase.The longer-term reality, if it comes to fruition, is twofold: (1) FoxConn reports that its campus will host 10,000 employees, all those people and their families will need to live somewhere, and there isn't enough housing stock for them right now; (2) the demand for services will increase with the influx of people, which will increase the demand for commercial property.

Real Estate, like the stock market, has seen a boom from 2014 to present.

He’s been in the stock market his whole life instead.

I look forward to the community responses.Thank you,Amit  So you are looking to essentially have a private offering of stock in a construction company?

I remember when eBay was plagued with scammers selling fake everything, internet stock forums were full of pump-and-dumpers (who actually succeeded at their ploys) and Google search advertisements promised to regrow your hair. 

Are you interested in learning more about REI or are you just looking to make a better return than the stock market?

These retirement plans follow all the normal rules, but allow you to invest in what is called "Alternative Investments" these are not your common stocks, bonds and mutual funds.

As a side note I'll still have ~$40K in my Betterment IRA investing in stocks so I'm not putting all my eggs into the real estate basket, just a majority of them :).

Real Estate investing better than the stock market :)