Because the 401(k) is an employer plan instead of an Individual Retirement Arrangement, many of the plan-side features are more powerful, such as higher contribution limits, the availability of participant loans, etc.Structurally, you can achieve full checkbook control over either an IRA or a Solo 401(k).  

That last part is a powerful question that Puts a lot of perspective into keeping a home or not. 

Most do not realize the moment they get financing the mortgage/deed of trust is recorded and you cannot sign it "anonymous" or if you use power of attorney, you need to record the power of attorney and you cannot sign that "anonymous".I am curious, why do people want to remain anonymous?

She was told by our local power company, PPL, that our meter base needed to be upgraded, THEN they could put her meter in (there was no meter in her unit because the previous tenant moved and it has been unoccupied for a few months).

(Be sure on those income streams, no speculation.)Have a good size cash reserve (I had at one point $115K in cash reserves in an account, because I was so cautious about life's surprises, especially medical, I have since eased up on that and put more than half of that to work for me in multiple income streams) waiting in a high yield savings account, or in some state of liquidity, that you can draw from at any time for those unexpected surprise expenses, because sometimes when it rains, it pours.

For instance, if your rent is $1000/Mo and the annual inflation rate is 5%, the buying power of $1000 will decrease to $950 next year.

Small slivers of land, lots too small to build on, no water, no power, landlocked, flood zone, dump sites, no sewer, but too small to add septic, around where I live counties require a certain amount of road frontage so people won't put mobile homes, so you can buy OTC without the required road frontage and lot could be more or less worthless....can't build on it,  and all other kinds of issues. 

Or, you can rent to a regular tenant and not have to deal with the extra paperwork, the lost time/rent, the failing inspections and the power hungry inspectors, the justification for rent increases, and the government.

The BRRRR method is a powerful way to scale.

A frustrated sister of mine who was her self appointed power of attorney is angry with me taking care of mom - so using her 32 years of legal secretary experience - to illegally become power of attorney she files a lawsuit to get me evicted claiming $2300 rent due for past 19 months = $43000 - it was overturned for many reasons.