From that point on (years 5-30) the 15% down will out perform on a cash ROI against the 20%.  

(Numbers for example purposes only.)There's no guarantee your investments will outperform your mortgage, of course, but given the relatively long life of a mortgage the odds of coming out ahead are quite good.Some people prefer the guaranteed 4% ROI by paying down the debt.

Yes, if you are willing and able to do that then you can outperform a REIT, but if you are not willing to do that then you may have some expensive lessons before you.

It's out-performed my expectations, but then again everything was new..The only expense was a mowing violation, and turnover (vacancy).  

Just as numerous scholarly studies have shown that the number of actively-managed mutual funds that outperform the market (i.e. the index for the relevant asset class) are no more than one would expect from pure chance, I'm sure there are plenty of ill-conceived techniques for REI market evaluation -- but I also suspect there are a couple of 'tried-and-true' principles that are worth consideration.

This can help protect you from increases in the HOA fees, rent drops, and special assessments.All that being said, I own some condos and they outperform SFH... for now

Do your research - Self-Storage has outperformed all other real estate asset classes for the past 10 years hands down.I decided if I wanted to succeed, I better begin investing in the most successful asset class.

Our first ski season, in 2021-2022, rentals and sales reached their highest levels, out performing all previous years.

Our first ski season, in 2021-2022, rentals and sales reached their highest levels, out performing all previous years.

Fees will eat into your profits.They are too much like a hotel for me.SFR will almost always outperform a condo.