I'd only play with extra money and pull back gains as it's super volatile.And it's not investing to me.

Renting it out would let you keep the asset, earn some extra cash, and possibly benefit from tax deductions like depreciation.

It's really great for learning the fundamentals even if you aren't investing out-of-state, and of course extra relevant if you are. 

For an extra 800/m (this is a random number)It usually isnt worth it.The investors who have the best success do the following things:1.

Jay mentioned the collateral backing the fund and if you want to compare something like a PPR fund backed by non-performing notes (at least when they bought them) to a fund having all performing notes, in solid real estate markets with real collateral values I cant see why anyone would want to take on so much extra risk with no reward? 

Then you could house hack to make extra money for your next down payment. 

If you're 25 or 35 and that monthly rent check gives you an extra vacation a year for the rest of your life, that might be fun too.Good luck and congratulations for being in the path of progress I guess.

Sales prices and mortgage rates make it really hard to find good deals today.Wholesaling sounds good, but you could make better money working extra shifts as a nurse.You could look for run-down properties as buy-and-holds.

For example, if you are in a secured position and invest $25k and can get 10% per year at $2500 or you can get 15% unsecured which is $3750, are people willing to risk the extra $1,250 a year where you could lose all of your $25,000 investment compared to being secured where chance of losing it all I would view as astronomically lower?

That would mean the extra 5k would technically come out of my pocket, right?