And that get's even more confirmed when you look at home prices long term, like since WW2.It's like: I don't know if we are going to have snow for Christmas, or how much snow exactly it will be, but it's Wisconsin and so it's pretty safe to predict (even though maybe not 100%) we are going to have snow at some point next winter and the total accumulation is going to be probably around 30-50 inches.My operating assumption is that home prices are going to double (again) over the next ten years, just like the did over the last 10.

Yet he has amassed more wealth than most people ever accumulate.  

Due to item 1, adding an ADU can require years to start achieving any return (once the accumulated cash flow recovers the initial negative position).4) Adding an ADU is a slow process.

However, it takes a long time to pay off this property and forces me to accumulate much more interest over time.

I'm pretty handy, and over the years, I accumulated a lot of tools and can do a lot of things myself (minor and major plumbing, HVAC repairs, major remodels, I've done it all, but sometimes I prefer to pay someone else to do it).

Originally posted by @Jeffrey Grieshop:@Rob Massopust well, I better go accumulate some before you guys beat me to it. 

Only if things go really well in the first few years, and a big old pile of equity accumulates will this work. 

Accumulate a “grub stake” through a program of saving part of your income 

Not worried about depreciation (especially on cheap houses) as I am banking mad tax free money.Because I get a good deal of rent every month my biggest problem is that I am accumulating cash (tax free) so fast I am having a hard time finding more properties to buy or keeping it lent out at 12% and 2 points (tax free) on short term loans to local rehabbers.

It is well documented online that soap in a sump pump accumulates and solidifies and then blocks the pump’s abilty to move.