As the fed continues to scale back their quantitative easing and bond-buying program, the ten year treasury will continue to rise (the 30 year fixed tracks this index nicely).

I would suggest you also start saving for a 401k  or a IRA (index fund) so you are at least earning a return that is not directly correlated with real estate.5.

-Mortgage rates were 6-7% depending on your desired term and index. 

PM says maybe 50-50 odds for that extra $50/m in rent.Pros: Pretty close to the 1% rule, don't have to worry about rehab, even 8.5% COC sounds better than an index fundCons: Not much room for value add, won't be able to BRRR and get my 30K back out since the ARV isn't high enough, local market isn't appreciating muchWould love some bottom line advice - I'm right on the fence between thinking anything in the vicinity of 1% is better than most of what I've seen locally and pretty good for my first deal, and thinking I should hold out for a deal with more value add so I can end up with less cash in the deal.

Do you mean when I index my company ?

Debt free and $2 million in the Vanguard S&P 500 index fund.

The housing starts report coincides with last week’s release of the November “Home Builder Confidence Index” from the National Association of Home Builders.

It gets outsized returns because you can take on value add projects and can lever up to create a greater cash on cash return.If you are not borrowing money to create that 4x-5x return on your cash or taking on projects that add equity immediately, I'd suggest leaving your money in index funds and having a simpler life.

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He's a strong index funder so this is outside his comfort zone.