fill them in with joint compound, Did you do the work your self ?

Or worse yet a pile of 2 X 4s and 16d coated sinkers along with several sheets of sheetrock, tape and a big bucket of joint compound, along with your Sawzall.good luckfrank

The buy and hold cash flow is very appealing to me since I have a lot of time for my investments to grow and take advantage of compounding interest.

Interest will accrue, but not compound.

The year before, I only put away $5k, but used all funds to re-invest in the flip biz so that I could "compound" my growth. last year, I made a commitment to invest in some passive investments like notes and I did and am thankful for it.

All of this is compounded by the fact it is an apartment building; meaning your odds are higher that someone there is overloading the circuits.

Gururs only compound the problem as they are always in search of some twist that can be turned into some product.

- Compound Interest: Both defer asset capitialization, but the CD anology compounds the deferment.

Its the long time periods and compounding that produces the impressive results.Further, that comparison neglects all the interest, taxes, insurance, routine maintenance and significant upgrades that have to be done to actually have a half million dollar house.

For example, if you start with $10K right now and can add $10K each year, and are able to generate a compounded 15% annual return on everything invested, you should be right around $160K in 7 seven years.