My Real Estate goals are 3 fold, short term buy, fix and sell transaction along with longer term spec building opportunities to build a portfolio of small to medium sized, cash flowing multifamily units. 

If you put the work in and dedicate yourself, it can pay off 10 fold and more - get a coach that can get you there faster (they'll probably cost more).Hope this helps!

Welcome to the fold!

welcome to the fold @Brandon C.J.

My wife a retired school teacher is a master with fan folded card stock (think grade book) for the rent roll.  

The people who attend, although they pay a lot of money, all get it back three fold IMO. 

My question is two fold:1 - has anyone ever paid for a contractor's time for site visit/scope of work/repair estimate? 

@Kyle GrimmDay job...Two fold: I provide private music instruction; primarily drum students with a couple of guitar students.  

-If the company were to fold, or you changed to a different employer; how would that impact your 401k?

Plus, the cash flow and depreciation benefits over the 20 years has likely been higher as well.So in your example, in scenario 2 that investor has taken $333,333 in equity and turned it into 2,333,333 over 20 years(7 fold increase), where the $750k investor has only doubled.