They lend money in 1st position to growing companies and even to REITS, they can be bought/sold for free on your phone, they pay from 10-14% yearly dividends, and their stock prices have been slowly trending up last 4 years?

Unless you're in a place to do a 1031 exchange (which can have higher transaction costs, depending on the situation), there likely is a significant amount of capital gains to pay upon sale of a property for reinvesting, or if investing in alternate markets like stocks, bonds, CDs, etc. 

Think about stocks. 

You can definitely make a lot more than 7% in other ways through the stock market, buying another rental or private money lending.

Hi everyone,I am a small STR investor and in the past few years I have been investing in both stocks and real estatewith COC returns of about 20% for the past 3 years.I am considering diversifying my portfolio with LTR and I know that returns there are going to be a lot smaller.So I was curious to know if there was a rough formula that could include mortgage paydown, tax advantages, and estimated appreciationto be able to compare apples with apples.I am only familiar with Cashflow, CoC, Cap Ex, and IRR.

Though self-direct rules allow a broad range of investments, these companies restrict you to their stocks, bonds, mutual funds, etc.

Whether it's the interest rate spread, extensions, terms, or amount of stock needed, we can work something out that fits their needs.I've learned that the balancing test is important.

After that arc that industry is just like an inflated stock it gets diluted with too many people jumping in.

I'm particularly passionate about multifamily properties and short-term rentals.Outside of real estate, I enjoy Travel, stock investing, and crypto mining.Excited to learn and connect with you all!

Given the state of the stock market over the last few years, I'm looking for a way to invest in certificates to gain an interest rate higher than what banks are offering and returns that higher than the stock market right now.