this past year, being at a new job, my bosses opened my eyes to the world of investing and compounding interest. 

I've refocused to a smaller, 2 building compound.  

Essentialism and The Compound Effect for mindset.

A very common structure is for you (the general partner or GP) to offer your investors (limited partners or LPs) a fixed annualized non compounding preferred return of say 8% of the investors invested capital.

When you compare on an absolute basis it does not appear to be so bad, but relatively speaking 20% is a huge difference, especially when you compound that over 30yrs.

Perhaps you guys can tag team this compound question.

I think Roth IRAs were touched upon briefly in this thread but I wanted to emphasize what a big believer I am in the power of tax-free compounding interest in a Roth IRA.

This is due to the compounding benefit of the tax deferral through time.It can be hard to sustain the 4-7% advantage over time because it becomes almost impossible to keep all your properties 75% leveraged.

Look for catalysts; single or compounded situations that act as triggers:ForeclosureDebts, bequests & creditor claims that must be settledDisputes/Litigation, etc.

Jennifer Griffin Remember when you take money out o you retirement savings you losin out on the compound interest.