With that said I could be convinced I saved 5k (3%) on my purchase price which is probably a nothing burger over the life of the investment.

For every one-off guy like Kiyosaki that claims college is a waste of time and look at the fortune I made, there are 100 other guys applying to Burger King for a job.

I just have a better measurement of them.The underlying returns are the same, regardless of what asset or method you use to measure them over long periods.Similarly, if we measure the height of a building using a wooden ruler or a rubber band, the actual height of the building is still the same.

Burgers won't be flipped by people anymore, but there will be more tech jobs to fix the robots flipping the burgers.  

Unless you have the ability to scale, the cost per hour of time spent you would make more $ working at your local burger joint.

If we actually do get to that point those folks are REALLY going to learn a whole new definition of "struggling".people actually get it wrong. we are strong because our fundamental economy is so great in such a way that the conservative way of thinking thinks it's not good. the inflation, the strong demand for traveling, the high price of flying is an indication of a very strong economy.it's just people getting it wrong because some conservative ruler above the cloud out there thinks it's not good. but we are in economic expansion mode.

Buy em a beer and a burger, it will be best $ ever-spent.  

There was burger flippers saying "oh, so, whatever I say I make, uhm, how much do i need to say to get this house i WANT, oh, ok, yeah, I make $150k yr, ok, thanks". 

To apply the 50% rule, rent needs to be 2X the P&I payment.

This would be my 2nd commercial property to go along with a few residential properties I own. The other commercial is a simple lease for a salon. I’m not involved in that business. It falls into the category of: I’ve ...