I may be jumping to conclusions but it really doesn't sound like you are in a position to go start investing in real estate.

I don't have a ton of experience in this area, but was kind of surprised by my conclusion.

This would strengthen your conclusion, that the HML scenario brings a better return, and the MP scenario brings less risk, better cash-on-cash, less lost opportunity.I guess a good companion question would be what the MP/HML assumptions should be.

I always look at the worst case #s and came to the conclusion the anything over 15% put my company in jeoprady of reducing expansion, inventory, employment and my own paycheck.

'If you can watch the presentation, it will give you a pretty good idea of how that conclusion was drawn.

My MFR experience is too early to draw any major conclusions from, but I will say this: breaking into commercial MFR (5+ units) is WAY harder than people make it sound.Firstly is finding deals: brokers control all of the good inventory, and they don't share it with outsiders.

Many people - including me - took comfort from this and drew the conclusion that rental properties do well in recessions in general.  

Hi: Have been doing a lot of research in the NYC area and have come to the conclusion that it's hard to get residential rental properties to cash flow without a large downpayment.Have considered repos/fixer uppers, which I am not averse to, but I would like for my first purchase to be straightforward as I build my experience.5 years ago I lived in London, and owned a 1 bedroom apartment.

It reads like someone came to a conclusion and then looked around for a way to justify it, if you ask me.

Hallo Hans KuykenI arrived to the same conclusion and I have no idea how can people make money here in Belgium.I never saw a house that could be used to live as it is below 150.000€ and I'm pretty sure if I bought it and put it to rent I could not get 500€ from it.I'm busy to make calculations for more than one year, I know on my head all the houses that are in all the Immo agents in Aalter. no way they get close to the 1% rule.