As a trade off you getting pretty nice benefit of tax-deferred growth.Distributions from Traditional IRA are taxed at ordinary income tax rates, and if you pull the funds prior to age of 59.5 you would owe penalties on top of taxes.

If you want to make it comparable, you’d need to offer a large EM, and not contingent on financing.

. $1525 rental was worth $120 to $130k three years back but certainly not new construction which doesnt mean much since you are not living there. also the pool of buyer willing to pay $1525 is low compared to the average $1100 to $1200 pool. please keep that in mind.

Depending on the market if you did that with all quadplexes you could be at 16 doors in 4 years (not including traditional investment properties you may have aquIred) with a total of $0 in downpayments its an under used loophole in the system.

He is asking for less than 50% of the Pre-Florence Comparables.

If I, as a wholesaler, were to ask a real estate agent to generate a comparable sales statement for me, what's in it for them?

Not all agents are comfortable being paid on an hourly as they are more traditionally paid on commission basis.

I’m running the numbers and thinking the whole traditional method of buying a rental asset and it requiring very little active work, generating significant sustainable free cash flow over a long period of time, does not exist.

If you purchase a property with a VA loan, but it doesn't cost as much as the maximum eligibility price in that area, than you can borrow again at a later time on another property up to that maximum.......another, If you move after the one year and want to apply for a new VA loan, you can refinance to a traditional loan on your first property and you free up the entire VA loan eligibility. 

if they are comparable to MF 1-2,000 sq ft, that is a hassle and hard to keep occupied.