By bringing it back down to an PV level, I can compare apples to apples today, so to speak.PV of S&P500 investment over 30 years = $38,741.Real Estate Additional $275 ‘Investment’Similar to the S&P500 investment, over 30 years, I’ll accumulate $99k of additional investment dollars in the house project.

The level I am talking about is the top 1% of all investors, not yours. 

I am looking at the same thing, and I think I'll just do the property - the added layer of DD at the holding company level is unnecessary...just to hide prop taxes :)

To improve the comfortable level, I am considering installing a whole house fan.

So I called each municipality in my local area and asked if they allowed STRs, to ensure no early law at the municipality level.  I

Can you now afford to hire out some of the things that are not high level. I

I couldn't sell, I couldn't refinance and everytime I won at one level they appealed to the next level. I

So, the best way for you to network at a local level is to try some local real estate meetup groups.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, rates increasing on the national retail level is a sign of the overall economy (or consumers emotions to the inflation anyways).

@James Somers I read the little book of index investing, little book of value investing, 401(K)aos (Andy Tanner), power of zero (David McKnight) amongst other titles, and concluded that control and tax advantages favor real estate.