Secondly, I can invest the $7k I’m saving elsewhere and double or triple the money I would use now to purchase another home in the near future.  

I remember thinking how absolutely absurd it was to still be living this way after tripling my income, and on top of that my Wife was getting ready to graduate nursing school which would add even more income but, I had no clue how to keep it from disappearing every month and wondering what happened.

Oh, and, all but tripling our fee structure on those. 

They are cheap, and will get cheaper in coming recession, as tourism to Vegas will decline, and they have superior growth and great management, that know what they are actually doingADC -(Agree Realty), they do what I do privately, but on a bigger scale, run by Joey Agree , very smart, they have excellent growth, multi-tenant, triple net retail, and grocery anchored Retail, they will benefit from massive secular tailwinds, as there has been under construction in retail for years, due to fear of E-commerce, higher construction costs/insurance costs, post GFC under financing-construction, etc, so existing inventory is commanding higher rents, we are bumping new leases by 7-11%, they will get this endogenous earnings growth for yearsthese should perform well over next 10 years, never buy anything in Real Estate for less than 10 years, to allow to go through cycles, and if you can buy in 401k/IRA so dividends can be re-invested tax freegood luck, you have to monitor your E-REITS like you would any other stock, closely, as they move with sentiment not just on NAV like private Real estate, so you can't just dose em w 200mg of propofol and walk away, not that you'd ever do that :)good luck

I don't see how RE investing doubles or triples the value compared to leaving funds in a retirement account - probability says that won't happen.

Option 1: https://mailboxempire.com/products/mail-boss-triple-security... , which would work for my purposes.Option 2: https://www.uspostcompany.com/verticals1250/standard-3-door-..., which would not work, since we don't have the wall or a flat surface in the location that we would want to install it at.Option 3: https://www.mailcase.com/about/ , which could also work if I purchase the spreader bar.Questions:1.

Premiums have doubled, tripled, and even quadrupled for some. 

I consider the triple threat to be money, time, and experience.

Interest rates and insurance premiums are breaking some deals.For your cash flow estimates you should double or triple your estimate for insurance and see if the deal still works for you.

because lord forbid ya go a week without the $300mnth Goat Yoga membership, or the daily $10 non-fat triple soy late caramel twist double shot stirred not shaken starbucks....