Then compound interest would have been working in their favor rather than against them.

Brandon even managed to get off a real shot across the bow on Josh which I thought was his best ever!

What's the historical annual compounded growth rate on NYC apartments?

I think if you are investing in real estate, you can still be looking for a quick buck, but you understand things can take some time to develop. compound interest is very powerful and if you are not in it for the long term, you will likely not be too impressedPeople are too emotional and probably log into thier stock market account too often and play off of those emotions. i am no different, but my stock market preference is dollar cost average for the long term. i do this through index funds and mostly retirement accounts. the stock market is at all time highs and while it had a huge crash, most people got scared away. as the stock market returned, people statring talking more about it. as warren buffet says and this goes for any investment. people want to buy clothes, cars, ect.

These never seem to consider the immense power of compounding and the time value of money.Where I STRONGLY agree, is that hard real estate assets are best kept out of a retirement plan in favor of paper investments such as notes and lending, which are normally taxed as ordinary income.

The problem is compounded in bay area with so many cash buyers in that price range.

For example, when do you pay out the profits, are there penalties to the investors if they pull out of the fund before a certain number of years, do they roll over the profits they've made and if so, are there incentives for that other than compounding, are you paying out - or allocating - ALL of the profits to investors or yourself each year (meaning if the fund closed tomorrow would you keep the chunk of money left over after paying out the investor profits and initial investments or would you divide that chunk up between all the investors), are you paying yourself a salary for managing the fund and if so, are you also profit sharing???

Using the rule of 72, if you get 15% per anum compounded, you can double your money about every 4.8 years.John

However, the ceiling in the master is bowed a bit and shows signs of water damage.

The compounding interest on even a moderate monthly contribution can be huge.