I commute back in forth from Chandler to Tucson because my son plays Ice hockey and competes nationally.

I would love a finders or assignments fee but that will only be icing on the cake.

The duplex is built in 1910, cash flows well, but has snow sitting on the roof half the year, I have to replace the furnace already, worry about ice/snow removal, and of course, had to pay for that frozen pipe (that goodness it didn't burst).   

Your insurance will be enough to cover it, if you even lose.This idea that someone is going to slip on ice, sue you and take all your property is nonsense.

We bought the Ice Castle sight unseen and it needs a complete gut rehab.

Depending on where/how you buy,  it may appreciate, but  I wouldn't focus on  that-- it's the icing on the cake, but your cake is cashflow!

Everybody loves cash flow, but over time the cash flow is just icing on the cake.  

Cashflow, a place to live, kick *** return on your money, depreciation and mortgage interest deductions, and the icing on the cake (if and when it happens) property appreciation!

Do I forget  equity returns, but as Josh Dorkin says...it's the icing on the cake and still worth while?

Having positive cash flow is just icing on the cake for your hog wild retirement.Quit thinking about trading time for dollars.