One i was looking at earlier was 6,400 FSF 3 story Victorian that was divided into 8 units for $210k. apples to apples a conventional 8 unit multi plex seems to always be well over the 300k price tag and yet the rents dont seem to be that much different....atleast according to the listings

The risk of people with the "Apple" body type - people with more fat in the upper part is higher than people with the "Pear" body type - people who have it more in the lower part.

Make sure when getting quotes you are getting quotes for apples to apples not oranges to apples. 

I should mention that this is an apples to apples comparison between 100k in the S&P 500 and 100k SFH cashing both out after 16 years.

An SFH in Cary/Apex is really only $25K or so more than an apples-to-apples home in some of these cities and with a 20% down payment that really only translates to another $5K downpayment.For anyone that wants to learn more about the Triangle, I suggest signing up to get news from WRAL TechWire.

That being said, this is not a fair apples to apples comparison.

With the actual figures, I'll be better able to give you the math on either side.I think you're mixing together a couple of unrelated concepts and if we can break the situation down to the basic math, it's easier to compare the two scenarios apples-to-apples.

I also have a full time job outside of real estate, so we are apples and oranges.

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