Another issue I had was that we really were not factoring in property management which seemed a little sketch.

For SFR, depending on the amenities, HOAs are designed to protect property values for owners as well.

I'm a mechanic, not an interior designer..but I think it turned out all right!

You cannot go look at house and be at your desk writing code, reviewing code, handling customers, designing things, or whatever it is that you're being paid to do during the day.So who can get into real estate?

They find a total average return of 9% for the period they looked at (1986 to 2014), and conclude:"Each component contributes approximately equally to the aggregate U.S. portfolio of housing returns, so excluding one component excludes half of total returns on average," There is also a helpful graph comparing the breakdown between the two factors in the 30 largest metro areas. 

I know there are many factors to this question so please leave your input on what you feel keeps you happy at your brokerage (commission split, atmosphere, etc). 

I love to find and analyze deals and my wife is an expert designer/stager. 

New home construction in the town plummeted (economy was surely a factor as well).

I also own a 9000+ piece of property zoned for multifamily, that I'd planned to develop into family-sized housing affordable to middle income folks (the affordability was going to be baked into the architectural design). 

When regular contributions are entirely distributed, conversion and retirement plan rollover assets(excluding designated Roth 401k rollover assets) are considered distributed next.