I would consider your economic cost, what would be the future value of your downpayment in 10 years at a set compounded rate of return?

"It's kind of compounding the problem, I think." . . .The government's TARP purchases of preferred shares gave some banks a thicker capital cushion -- if only fleetingly -- which regulators hoped they would use to make more loans.

Enroll in the DRIP program with your broker and have the dividends reinvested automatically to acheive compound interest at no transaction cost.Good place for LT invesmtent and/or a good place to accumulate a liquid capital position for potential RE acquisitions.

Keeping money that would otherwise go to the government in the account to compound can be a big advantage.One question to look at with your tax advisor is how much earned income you are generating since your contributions will based on that number.

And last, and more important, it takes time to compound earnings and grow them exponentially.

Is this compound interest?

Once the place is rented my plan was to use rental income as well as my income to pay off the loan quickly and purchase another rental property compounding payments on each subsequent property.

The One Thing, The Compound Effect, anything from Napolean Hill, and Tim Ferriss' books Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors are some of my favorites.

I currenty just save in savings account that compounds at 1.8 percent and dump 15% of income into 401k plus a 5% match from employer .

I am speculating it will sustain some growth in the future with the addition of the Navy Special Warfare compound, but is anyone else investing in IB right now?