You have to know how to properly evaluate the exit value (ARV) which is both science and an art form.

I'd rather be sitting on an massive pile of equity in 10 years than cashflow a few extra thousand annually in the meantime (assuming rents don't increase to the point that you end up with more cumulative cashflow over that same time period anyways).Obviously this isn't a hard science and I'm not knocking the high cash flow/low appreciation approach in any way.

There are liquidity, growth, and leverage benefits to the policy owner that are derived from the actuarial science used to build the product.A lot of people, for some reason, go out of their way to write posts complaining about how whole life insurance is expensive and sold by salespeople.

There isn't an exact science to this, however, it's best to have five separate avenues of income. 

Building science is one of the ways to push against it!

Property management is an art and a science. 3 properties should be a breeze if you have systems, policies and experience.

This was fascinating to read, thank you for sharing!

I have and engineering and Masters degree in Computer Science and still I think I learned way more on the job in first year then all my years in school.

Believe me, I do my own due diligence, but comping a property isn't rocket science. 

Real estate is something that has fascinated me for a while and I’ve finally decided to pull the trigger on it.