When I asked them why they would do this, he just said those "nice men aren't very good in math."

Let's take a very simple situation and do a little math...He takes a listing and sells a house for $100K with a 6% commission.  

One is determined by emotion, the other by math.

Dividing $400k by $2500 is too much math for me.

It's similar to what people do with direct mail, look at your deal rate per piece sent then do the math on how many piece you need to send to hit X target (give or take of course).  

Here is our situation: $600,000 cash on hand from inheritanceDesired return of 8-10%Live in Greater Boston Area100% equity on homeWorking full-time in public accounting and making roughly $50,000/year I talked to some financial advisers and none of them suggested the real estate route.

There's no real cap rate math behind that - for me its a number where I know I can cover everything comfortably - so its my target.

- close you your home/work?

In either case, it makes a pretty nifty high school math problem.I have a mortgage on a property with a PMI payment of $55.40/mo.  

It's just math.