A $300,000 loan at 3.75% is going to cost you $1,389.35 per month (just for principal and interest).Your taxes and insurance will vary based on your area, but I always figure about $200 more for taxes and insurance, which brings us to $1,589.35 per month PITI.Add all of your other monthly debts that would show up on your credit (credit card, auto loan, student loans), and then multiply that number by 2.

Take your husband's annual income, subtract the additional income you will make, divide it by the expected proceeds from his life insurance policy and multiply that by 100.

Take both property values, and multiply them each by 1.05. 

That is where multi-family homes are the most-profitable investments you can make because when you increase the rents for multi-unit properties you automatically increase the value of the property based on the rule-of-thumb Gross Multiplier.

Take that percentage an multiply it by the sum of all of the assigned roles for each partner. 

This is your return on your money that you can actually spend (if needed), not factoring in your wealth multipliers (appreciation, principle payday, tax advantages.)Buying below market or with a value add play is also important, because everyone needs an out.Combine this analytical method with common sense and experienced eyes will limit your risk.

2000 divided by that amount multiplied by 1,000,000 will tell you what % better you have to do with your 1 mil in order to hit your goal.

This is your R&R factor.7 - Multiply each number you got in #5 by the number just got in #6.8 - The resulting numbers in #7 are the percentages each partner gets.There's nothing to argue.

I'm highly interested in investing in real estate to further multiply the wealth I've generated from startups, but not as a full time career, as I have no intention of leaving the world of tech startups, and love building them.With all of that in mind, and respecting the fact that I could devote 10-15 hours per week to RE on top of what I do w/startups, to what extent does RE investing make sense for someone in my situation?

I've obviously got a large starting capital that I'd like to multiply but I have no idea how much time it would take to (potentially) 2x, 5x, 10x my money.