The other advantages (appreciation, tax write off, principal paydown, etc.) are, overall, more important.kind of blasphemy on BP with the CASH flow is everything and appreciation is gambling crowd  LOL. 

You have to have time on your hands, be bored and have some gambling money to choose sue.

Personally I'd be thrilled if my agent drove a beater.

Buying in Baltimore , IMHO , is not investing , its gambling , and the odds are not in your favor 

Thrilled to be joining this fantastic group and eager to dive into the world of real estate learning and collaboration with all of you.

There's also the issue of risk - someone with only 30% at stake, may gamble a LOT more than you would gamble with your 70%.Also, strategize and think through worse-case scenarios for fraud.

Good wording -- folks need to understand the value of insurance, gambling against themselves for their family's sake.

Quote from @Chris Seveney: I am sure many of you will disagree with me, but I am seeing a lot of posts talk about “today’s high interest rates.I remember being thrilled the 2002 OO rate of 6.5% was so much lower than my 7.25% OO rate of 1998.I also remember how houses only costed 4x my cubicle salary. 

[and of course it IS your money, so I respect you aren't thrilled watching paper losses from November highs]Folks -- ANY match is well worth taking to its fullest. 

Looks like a nosedive over time vs a tumble--It's why stocks are a gamble (just like Roulette in Las Vegas).Real Estate holds it's value over time, and you can "fix it up"--you have some control over it.The US Government manipulates these stock prices, so maybe they just failed to pay off "The Correct" people or something (or maybe they did and it's way worse then we know).https://www.businessinsider.com/does-the-government-actually-manipulate-the-stock-market-2010-2