The market is changing a little right now whether its premature because of the FEDS & the yield curve...

Insurance is to cover the financial loss from a premature death, not death and the end of the game since we all die.

That sounds like a premature view so far zillow has only "Like Zillow, Trulia has long had programs in place to obtain direct listing feeds from brokers and multiple listing services, inking deals with 125 MLSs as of the end of January.

Unfortunately, Volcker continued, “the hard fact of life is that few hosts want to end the party prematurely.

One must be careful and not be late returning the money or a taxable event will occur.Dan, what you are referring to is called "60-day rollover" and the use of those funds for real estate project can be very dangerous, because REI can sometimes be unpredictable and if you are not able to deposit those funds into a qualified plan within 60-days it will be considered premature distribution and therefore taxes and penalties would apply, resulting in loss of up to 50% of the amount of distribution in some cases (depending on your tax bracket). 

You need to place that into future contracts in the event another tenant breaches the terms of your contract by breaking out of lease prematurely.

That would only create a hostile situation prematurely.

While I don’t think you will make anything on this investment financially with regards to cash flow, I think the knowledge you gain is priceless, and that you will probably be okay in the long run. (1) Do you have reserves to take care of this property if it goes unrented for a few months or if the HVAC goes out prematurely?

Reading this article from Derek Sivers a few years ago completely changed my philosophy on sharing projects - https://sivers.org/zipitFour different tests of 63 people found that those who kept their intentions private were more likely to achieve them than those who made them public and were acknowledged by others.Once you’ve told people of your intentions, it gives you a “premature sense of completeness.”You have “identity symbols” in your brain that make your self-image.

Having worn the hat of both an agent and an investor (and well.. a pre-maturely balding 27 year old who has grown accustomed to wearing a lot of hats, both figuratively and literally), I can say without a doubt that I have generally gotten better responses from people when I tell them I'm an investor as opposed to an agent.