Calculate the actual return on investment year over year if you invest in the 401 (including employer match) and compare to RE returns.That employer match returns 100% on the first year, but the original return is lower year after year and drops below the actual YOY ROI of real estate pretty quickly.That "free money" will cost you if you compare its returns against the long term sustained returns of real estate investing in income properties.

Will spend $2.2MM in capex, including deferred maintenance, upgrades and renovations.Will convert 17 4b2b to 34 2b1b adding $1.4MM in valuation.

Many investors (including myself) start out with less than perfect credit.

This is not including the lost value of the money.  

Personally I've installed porcelain (not ceramic) wood look tile and it's great.

But I am unsure of how to include my siblings and protect the investments that I put into the property at the same time.

In central Alabama the following areas are good.Hoover, Pelham, Calera, Alabaster, Helena, McCalla, Gardendale , Trussville just to name a few.More affordable low income areas will include Centerpoint, Pinson, Hueytown, Pleasant Grove, Ensley.  

The information included in this post is not to be relied upon. 

Determine the cost of the tenant for the rest of the lease if they suck, perhaps including an eviction, and then ask yourself if the property is worth it in the event that comes to pass.

The story: My Grandparents (the trustor) made a trust and included their 4 sons as the beneficiaries of the trust.