Contribute the minimum needed to get the full company match (5% contribution in my case ($7,500)).The model uses these assumptions:$400,000 current balance$150,000 annual salary, paid monthly.25% federal tax bracket6% state (CA) tax bracket12 years until retirementstock investments earning 6% annual returns (very conservative)As the chart below indicates, option 1 accumulates $271,514 more dollars.

When real estate market entering bear market, the comps between low comps and high comps are widening, that's what actually happening, but if I see the data modelling via dot plot chart, it's hardly trending down.

However it is precisely because of my diversification that I've been able to weather this storm.  

We remain a far less litigious society then our neighbours and unless your have a very risky venture in another part of your life a good insurance policy will be more valuable than holding your assets in a corporation.There is more overhead (separate financials) and you pay a high tax rate with a passive corporation ... unless you are personally already in a top income ta bracket bracket (or your rental income would push you into one), you may well be better off starting out holding the properties in your own name.I would make a bullet list of your near and mid-term objectives and then sit down with an accountant and attorney familiar with real estate and chart an ownership strategy to fit your business plan.

Is that chart contained in the book?

Having an outside contractor do it could be problematic, since satellite positioning must be precise and if you attempt to move the equipment on your own the company won't guarantee their service to the tenant.

I have read around a bit but I am unclear how the quick claim deed precisely allows you to circumnavigate cloud on title to transfer the deed.

Thank you @Bryan Hancock Your advice is what I was trying to get at only you were able to illustrate it more eliquently and precisely.

Check out this thread and pay attention to my responses in there:https://www.biggerpockets.com/...PLEASE NOTE: That thread was in 2012 so the figures are NOT accurate today, but the process is just as accurate as then.If you can't get into the home, then there is NO way to get a precise number, all you can do is peer through any windows or glass doors and make an educated guess based on the exterior condition and any known facts you can find on the property.

Local square footage costs can be calculated using the conversion chart applicable to each area.ANALYZING REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTThe methods to analyze real estate investments depend on the availability of information.