Spend the extra money to have the wood post anchored by cement.

From the posts I’ve read, I suspect your ideal strategy will be anchored on building equity through debt pay-down.

Honestly analysis paralysis is my main anchor.

They are cheap, and will get cheaper in coming recession, as tourism to Vegas will decline, and they have superior growth and great management, that know what they are actually doingADC -(Agree Realty), they do what I do privately, but on a bigger scale, run by Joey Agree , very smart, they have excellent growth, multi-tenant, triple net retail, and grocery anchored Retail, they will benefit from massive secular tailwinds, as there has been under construction in retail for years, due to fear of E-commerce, higher construction costs/insurance costs, post GFC under financing-construction, etc, so existing inventory is commanding higher rents, we are bumping new leases by 7-11%, they will get this endogenous earnings growth for yearsthese should perform well over next 10 years, never buy anything in Real Estate for less than 10 years, to allow to go through cycles, and if you can buy in 401k/IRA so dividends can be re-invested tax freegood luck, you have to monitor your E-REITS like you would any other stock, closely, as they move with sentiment not just on NAV like private Real estate, so you can't just dose em w 200mg of propofol and walk away, not that you'd ever do that :)good luck

They are offering a part ownership in two large grocery store anchored strips in the NE.

For my airbnb unit (the upstairs apartment in an up-down duplex in NE Minneapolis), I found a few really high quality pieces to anchor the rooms (living room couch and lounge chair from Room and Board, and a pull-out sofa sleeper from West Elm). 

This is more common in anchored centers, where the inline tenants have a right to go to percent rent or terminate if the anchor goes dark or vacates for a certain amount of time.  

It’s is much more analogous to the large department store having a premium brand running a dedicated area with their own expert staff- which is exactly what they do.Look at the various “make up” counters in any mall anchor department store.

The seller may anchor to that 5% interest rate because in theory they could put it in a savings account or CD and make 5% (ignoring taxes for now).

So, here at the 6 month check in, here are the things I've been doing since January 2024: *Anchored everything to my WHY, including the motivations and long-term strategy *Joined a local REI group hosted by my church*Researched tax lien investing in Harford County, MD and decided to not play in that space this year*Read a few REI books (Rich Dad Poor Dad, One Rental At A Time, Building Wealth One House at a Time, Wealth Without Cash, Building Real Estate Wealth in a Changing Market)*Subscribed to a bunch of good YouTube channels (BP, ORAAT, Ken McElroy, Coach Carson...)