Better just to say "I deal in real estate" that can mean a variety of positions without seeming to overstate your position.

You can easily pay a mutual fund manager 0.5% a year to pick stocks for you or hire a financial advisor at 1% a year.5) More variety.

A loan is non taxable yet all the responses keep referring to a taxable distribution with fed state and 10% penalty which makes a distribution a horrible idea.401k loan can be taken in two flavors 5 year term personal and or if you can document its a primary residence you can get a 15 year fixed which makes the cashflow deduction from your paystubs a bearable proposition since a 5 year term presents a much higher payment.You can borrow 50k or 50% whichever is less at rates around 1 + prime (3.25% since 2009).You end up paying yourself a 4.25% rate interest and in essence become your own private bank.The funds are paid back to yourself with after tax dollars deducted from your biweekly or no monthly pay.Hope that clarifies, I've had borrowers use 401k loans from a variety of administrators such as fidelity, vanguard, nationwide, ING, prudential, and etc and I've seen them bein used for purchase or refinance on primary residences.

I am also new to investing but on reading lot of threads it is always prudent to budget for some big ticket items within first 2-3 years while reserves are still being built.A very thorough home inspection should reveal if any thing may be anticipated

It assesses a variety of factors such as economic, technical, legal, and scheduling aspects to determine whether or not the project is feasible and how it can be successfully implemented.

Instead, the assessment of whether a terminal cap rate is good is highly dependent upon a variety of factors including: growth rate of future cash flows,anticipated market rents at the time of sale,vacancy rates,property type, andmarket conditions.

Our metro is unusually large, has two professional sports teams, and is also benefited by an eclectic variety of industry.To add to that, the affordability is extremely attractive.

The Democratic party has evinced almost no new ideas for dealing effectively with generational poverty and slums, especially of the racial variety.

There is a variety of city programs and charities right now offering assistance for migrants. 

Most people don't want to live next door to a vacant and could present a problem with finding a good tenant.Don't trust sites like zillow rental estimate (at least for Baltimore--I've found it to be more accurate where I normally invest)--you will have to do a lot of research to determine what a house will rent for using a variety of sources.Look into purchasing the Section 8 Bible.