But it's like getting on a roller coaster the first time ... a bit uncomfortable, but once you do it, you'll generally be glad you did.

It feels like a roller coaster ride.I do expect to have to manage the managment.

@Caio Ferreira TorresNothing is 100%....401ks are based on the stock market....roller coaster ride...granted over time you'll see gains but compounding interest and decades of time are key...arguably, the majority of the wealth in this country was built with REI....

The stock market roller coaster ride has gotten old, although we're not considering getting out totally.  

Let my greed take me on some roller coasters.

Works much like a mutual fund- only without the roller-coaster ups & downs. 

Let me tell you it can be a roller coaster!

It may not be that 15-20% speculative roller-coaster appreciation, but one reason I diverted funds from equities to RE was to find some boring-but-reliable growth while also throwing off enough cash to--once scaled--replace my wife's income when she is ready to retire and pay for the extra expenses of a special needs child in the meantime (I'm already semi-retired; attached is a picture from my Monday afternoon.)I'm 52 and feeling the age thing for sure, with 3 levels of cervical fusion less than a month in my future.

The rental market is a roller coaster here in Palm Coast.  

Its sort of like bungee jumping or roller coaster for the first time.