I think you'll find them all valuable too!

It has been about 3 years now and we've gained about $5,000 in equity through payments to principal.

@Marvin Spears,You are on a site that will prove far more valuable to you than any guru you can find, anywhere, at any price.The whole guru, coach and the latest fad, information marketer 'scamdustry' just makes my skin crawl.If they were as good as they claimed, they couldn't afford the cut in pay to become a guru or a coach or an information marketer.

If you can make it you will gain a lot of knowledge and make some good contacts.

The training I received was very valuable and it has opened doors to the world of real estate investing for me and I have no regrets.

Whenever there is a bargain to be had or profit to be made, investors and businesses should step in, buy up the bargains, offer lower prices in order to gain market share, and effectively make the prices more fair to consumers (in this case, renters).

Since I am assuming you are only getting the $2,500 rents from the 2 higher priced units that leaves you negative $644/month.However if you are renting right now and are paying more than that it could still be a net gain to you monthly while getting some added tax deductions and building equity in a property.

There is no question that good information is valuable.

My time is very valuable.

I guess my main goal would be to invest in real estate for cash flow, not so much capital gains.