So $50k compounded monthly would be $416.67 a month for interest.

The only reason I ask is painters in my neck of the woods charge between double and triple extra to remove it, compound, and then paint.

It is the advancement of medicine, the bad lifestyle most of us have (Bad eating habits, lack of exercise, and stress) ,the prolong life of the population compounded with the expansion of the population is the fundamental cause it!!!

If she wants to reinvest, you could tack the interest onto the principal each year, in other words, compound it annually.

By pay itself off, I meant that by the time you reach a balloon payment, you'd have refinanced the original investment out, while also making a compounded return from the reinvestment of the cashflows made over that time period.I personally wouldn't spend a penny on principal payments right now.

As far as cash flow properties go, I still favor cash flow investing, To double every 10 years I only need to make 10% after expenses and I have the ability to diversify that and compound it.  

I've also taken on a lot of partners along the way who I have an obligation to look after things for awhile longer so not realistic for me to bow out at this time.Moral of the story, think big in terms of numbers.

This is being compounded by a Supreme Court decision in 2017 that allows plaintiffs attorney's fees to far exceed the damages awarded.

I didn't read all of the replies, but the real rate of return is easy to calculate:https://www.carboncollective.c....Real return = ((1 + nominal rate) / (1 + inflation rate)) - 1This is NOT the same as simple math that most people use; especially when there are compounding effects over time that are exacerbated with high portions of your real purchasing power being inflated out of existence with drunken-sailor-like fiscal policy.  

Most meetings I go to I'm in a tshirt, sweatpants and tennis shoes with paint and joint compound all of them (but they are clean!).