There is zero logic in supplementing any tenants rent out of your own pocket.

I agree that I should do manual research and use airdna as a supplemental info source.

At 33 years old my wife and I have decided to look into building up a real estate portfolio to help supplement and possibly bring about sooner my retirement.Just to be clear I am very happy in my career and am not looking to quit my job.

My guess on the deal you're referencing would be that there's a 6% pref with a 2% accrued/catch up, in which case the accrued would be caught up during an equity event - refinance, supplemental loan or yes, the sale of the property - for a total of 8%.

Starting a Roth IRA in their name and funding it from their earned income means they can become millionaires by the time they retire and have a supplemental income stream to the income stream they receive from their rental properties.

Is this something that's in lieu f a lease with the landlord, or a supplement?

I am working full time in San Diego and buying rentals now to supplement my retirement.

I'm currently a page designer for our newspaper, but I'm looking into real estate investment as a supplement to my income (better than just letting the markets handle my 401(k), I figure) and maybe a way to becoming my own boss one day.

These make great supplemental comps and may end of being what you use if the others you picked out visually bust out.After I have my list I try to make sure they have the same bedroom count, within 10% of the sf^2 and within 5 years of age of the subject. 

I got a package containing a manual, some supplemental books with links to Internet resources, an audio CD and the account/password to their private-access Website (deal submission online form and other resources, such as basic real estate contracts in PDF format).