- What tax advantage(s)/disadvantage(s) do you get; the 401K grows 100% tax free (but then you pay taxes upon withdrawal); with the REI, you'll have tax, but also numerous deductions.Taking a stab at a very simplistic analysis that doesn't account for everything in the above, but why not it's a fun mental exercise :)- 25K of cashflow accounts for your vacancy rate, maintenance cost, property management (i.e you're paying yourself to manage them before that 25K) and so on; i.e it's free and clear.- 1MM of property increases in value at 2% annually in appreciation (making a rough guess that at 100K per property you're in a C neighborhood with low appreciation rates?

I also disagree with your rating of asset classes, it's way over-simplistic.

As to wholesaling, my opinion is rather simplistic, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, lays eggs like a duck, it's a duck.

This of course, is a very simplistic view of things, but you get the point.As for stock in Apple, if they come out with bad news like the Apple Watch isn't selling (no surprise there), the stock may take a dive. 

In fact she recently left it running on high for several hours & when she called me to turn it down it was very warm in the bathroom yet the vanity base was NOT HOT to the touch.Here is a simplistic breakdown of the 2 bedroom unit. 

To give a simplistic answer, you an buy on seller financing then resell the property with seller financing.

What I've found is that they are rife with over-simplistic deals and they are frequently wrong on basic calculations.

My simplistic example above was just pointing to the fact that lower rents will give you greater physical occupancy and a greater pool of applicants to draw from; and thus better tenants in theory if your screening procedures are good.  

I take a simplistic view of it whenever I get bothered by a tenant.

The title company gives $110,000 to the seller, and $10,000 to you.This is a really simplistic view, but hopefully it helps to describe the process.Good luck!