I think part of it is "moral license."

This keeps them in the game and boosts their cash earnings.Netting $100-200 per door and having a couple houses in a "cash flow market with no appreciation" is nice if you don't have to deploy much capital to get that return, but an extra $400 a month will only get you so far.

So while they are there patting each other on the back, talking each other up (you are beautiful, NOO YOU are.. no YOU are, noo you are), I am sitting here creating 5 [CENSORED] a day, using the keywords [CENSORED] and [CENSORED] to rank up my visibility online and developing [CENSORED] which caused google to devote the whole right side of the SERPs with my personal Knowledge graph which got me [CENSORED] leads just yesterday alone, while adapting my [CENSORED] to boost my site speed and performance by 30% boosting my ranks even stronger... slowly taking over the entire CT market, without anyone even noticing.Wholesalers, friggin damn it.Want buyers?

someone on here said tax benefits but the real tax benefits are in a ira or 401k as it isn't taxed til you retrie. w/ real estate (let's say rentals), you are taxed each year. you do get a depreciation expense so that helps a little. someone on here said control, that is very true.someone on here said the stock market goes down; real estate can go down too. and since the depression, stocks have average 10% return while real estate is 2-3%. quite a few say leverage and that totally can boost your returns to a crazy amount. but w/ a 401k or ira, you have no debt. also, you can leverage in the stock market thru margin. and, a lot more stress/aggrevation in rentals vs dumping it into a 401k each week. 

I appreciate being treated like a human being in a group discussion and not as a research subject by someone who feels secure enough in her wholly unfounded moral and intellectual superiority to offer me the smug imperative to "Make it a great day."

After things will get a lot easier because of the confidence boost it will give you.  

Do what adds value, and will boost that appraisal.

The simple answer is educate yourself, align yourself with smart and moral people.  

Boosting credit and income while paying all debt off will give you the best shot at a big loan, John

Will only have $5k-$10k left in the property when it’s financed.Today is my 1st showing to get it rented and I have 8-10 people showing up.Rental #’s:$1,350 for rent$318/month cash flow (factoring in 8% for PM, even though I am managing it)51.35% Cash on Cash return (based on $95,000 appraisal)191.64% Annualized Total ReturnI have been investing in Real Estate for just under 2 years, and the moral of the story is ANYONE can do this!