On top of that I think Las Vegas is very much turning into a real city with the football team coming in and Golden Nights and possibly a basketball team.

To elaborate further on my previous comment:My neighborhood Safeway is immediately adjacent to Golden Gate Park and a large beach where bonfires are permitted - both high traffic areas for after hours ne'er do wells. 

Good luck.That is great advice and wonderful point about the CD, obviously this isn't a golden egg deal!

Eventually these post grads get their hands tied with the proverbial golden handcuffs because their standard of living has become equal to their salaries and now they need to work in order to keep things going. 

It is not everybody's cup of tea to do RE. 2) I think you are just fine if you are doing RE and not doing 401k. 3) To me you are golden if you have a 401k and have RE.For the record,  I consider myself humbly golden and blessed to be in that space of being able to do both successfully thanks to the good expansion in asset prices we have had over the last few years.

Golden retrievers and labs are gentile animals. 

A lot less risky than trying to cash flow that 400k golden valley duplex Imo.    

I think you just killed the golden goose.

If you have modest retirement savings, and are in your highest earning years - taking the tax deduction today is going to work out the best mathematically - you can take the money off the top today when your income is high, and pull the money out later at near-zero tax rates when you are trying to live off a too-small 401k.If you are young and in a low tax bracket, the Roth is golden, you are missing out on a known small tax savings for the long term benefit of not having to worry about income tax policy.

If you're ok with moving in to it...You're golden!