🤷‍♂️Love this post and what Scotty posted.Congrats on your success thus far.As much as I love real estate and business it never is passive and never will be totally passive unfortunately.There is always a risk component involved and a reliance on someone.There will always be that gut wrenching phone call that makes the stomach turn.It all come's down to how much is enough for someone to live a happy life.I unofficially retired at 28 and am back chasing now at 36.Parents and family are getting older and have a huge will and in a way pressure to retire my old man.A beautiful person and father.I've checked off mum and uncle from the list hahaFew more to go lolI am and always will be a "real estate guy" per se but a few years ago I asked myself this question:"How can I get the highest possible return, with the least amount of risk, without doing any work and without involving anyone else?"

I'm just lucky my guys called me before they threw the bucket and the bundle away.I have no expertise in this sort of thing and don't know how I should invest this unexpected windfall. 

Unit B has unexpected capex of $xx,xxx3.  

The legal work (my time) would be under 500 dollars, as long as there are not unexpected unusual issues.

Equity plays can turn into better deals down the line with lower interest rates and a refi, with rent appreciation - where you can raise your rents because they may currently be lower than market, and with market appreciation - where the entire rental market moves upwards in rents.But you want to take a serious look at your challenges there... because there can be many - especially if you are a limited funds investor.Equity plays really only work well when you have enough income where you can cover the unexpected.  

Make sure to compare the costs and benefits of using your HELOC versus keeping it as a reserve for unexpected expenses.Market Conditions: Research the Dallas and suburb markets to understand demand, rental rates, and appreciation potential for both 4-plexes and duplexes.

**Cash Flow:** Make sure your rental income covers all expenses—mortgage, insurance, taxes, maintenance, and a little extra for unexpected costs.2.

Now I think the only advantage of WL is its tax advantage ( for life insurance we can always buy a cheap term), disadvantages are cost and unexpected withdraw or cancel cost.

The big issue for me being a foreigner was when I sold  REV CA keeps 25% of your proceeds until you file a final tax return.. and since I had a bunch of cash tied up in this that was un expected.

Purchase price: $190,000 Cash invested: $1,700 Sale price: $215,000 Partner Driven, in collaboration with Seth Choate, faced an unexpected challenge with a deal on Donna Kay in Nashville, TN.