You are a high w2 earner, The house is worth 110k today, you are buying from your grandma for 60k in exchange for free rent for life, upside ARV of 200k.The costs of owning the house will help provide tax relief on your high w2 earnings, you are buying a great chunk of equity that will pay off in the future, and you and your grandma are doing each other solids. 

Approx 5 commercial  properties with total combined value book value 12m .. actual maybe 20-25m?

With that being said, appreciation is certainly something to always consider here in SD.Example of current property for sale, $1,800,000 asking price (25% down) - 4 units $10,200 total monthly rents (pro forma) - rental market has seen softening as of late$9,770/month after assuming 5% vacancy rate.$8,981 mortgage at 7%$2,918 expenses monthly 33.38% of Gross rental income (Prop mgt, maintenance reserve, utilities, Prop Taxes, Insurance, other)$6,852 NOI/monthly ($2,129) negative monthly cash flow..Same scenario with 50% down, $864 positive monthly cash flowNot saying it's the best use of capital or the only way to do it, instead providing an example using an available market opportunity to share what the numbers look like. 

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Total number of people that would occupy the apartment5.)

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So the total return is probably better than just the 'cash flow.'

It frees you up to focus on living your life and acquiring more property.

The lease cost is about $100 usd for the last 5 years total.