Just for simple math use average 20% personal tax rate.  

There's no substitute for the power of time - compounding interest, appreciation, inflation capture.

Most sponsors who have actually survived multiple real-estate cycles, say that simple staying power through inevitable downturns is the most important key to long-term success.

Its pretty simple as the money just sits in the account.

In the end, I set myself of up a C-Corp > LP > LLC structure after hearing a lot of people were doing simple LLCs and getting double taxed. 

Consider a bigger cabin if you want to try to grab a huge equity capture over the next 2 or 3 three years.  2,000 sq ft cabins that were generating 120k a year gross and selling for 850k to 875k are now hitting 85k to 100k and going for 675k to 725k. 

For a simple reason, we have emotions.

In our area we do not have slabs so replacing pipe in a crawl is pretty easy.. and for sure just digging up water line in the yard is super simple

When you say the 2 plex appreciates more, are you talking about forced appreciation or simply the value going up as the market goes up, what I'll call simple appreciation?

I am in the business to make money .Plain and simple .