See the calculators are giving me my CAGR compound annual growth rate.

It costs you $400 to start, then it also costs you an additional $400/month from what ever source you are getting that $400 from to pay that loss.Then, if you are losing the opportunity cost from those losses, which is a compounded loss in itself.

Drill, 12" compound miter saw and a BFH.If a tool box were considered a tool it would be my number one.

Just kiddin'.Anyone going through foreclosure has several things going on: 1) They are under a lot of stress, 2) Everybody is mailing to them and knocking on their door, 3) They are embarrassed, 4) They feel helpless, 5) They have the belief that winning the lotto will bail them out at the last minute, 6) It's the bank's fault, 7) This can't be happening to them, 8) They don't want to sell, 9) The house (even though it has a leaky roof and hasn't been kept up) is worth more than market price, 10) Believe you are there to take advantage of them, 11) Believe the government should do more to protect them, 12) Believe that their payments reduce the principal directly proportionate to their payment (Have no concept of compound interest, what Einstein called "the 8th wonder of the world"). 13) They can file a Chapt 13 bankruptcy at the last minute and keep the house if they have income, 14) They will wait until the day before the sale and call you if none of the other solutions work.Your opening comment should be " I buy houses in the area and I was wondering if you or someone you know might be interested in selling".

He skim coated them all with joint compound and it came out great.

I'm still a small time investor as I've never made much, but time and compounding does help us little guys to move up. 

I'm pretty excited to get this off my back.Before anyone comes at me with how this is not a wise decision given the time value of money and potential compound growth, just know I am completely aware that I could have invested this money at a higher interest rate and "put it to work" rather than paying down my 4.5% loans, but it was more of a freedom from this non asset-based debt that I was wanting to  get rid of. 

The difference in your bank account balance between paying a property manager 11.67% (10% of gross rents plus 20% lease fee) and managing the property yourself when buying one 20% down rental property (in Northern Colorado) over 40 years is:If you invest the difference in the stock market and could get 8%, the difference becomes:If you're saving for a second purchase, it delays when you can buy that second property which further compounds the effect of property management fees on your overall net worth.And doing the full Nomad investing model, it is pretty significant differences.I am going to write a whole book about the impact on various investing scenarios.

Compound that over 20 or 30 years and factor in that, in the case of a Roth, you will never pay taxes on it.

@Bill F. it uses compounding investments.