As stated by the previous poster, in my opinion, it would depend on how much of a spread there was percentagewise compared to total investment.

At least I'll have learned something from the attempt, whether it's how to (or how not to) market, talk with sellers, calculate comps, compare management companies, etc.I would love to make some money in the process, but if I don't I'm willing to stick it out for the long haul.

When I compare that to RE investments, RE kills it!

I like all of these scenarios, since my goal is only 4-5k net cash flow per month, seems easy compared to 25k!!

My advice to someone considering a coach would be for them to explain in the most specific terms on how their service benefits them compared to their alternatives.

When comparing my strategy to locking into a 15 year, I feel the benefits of the 30 year with the options far outweigh a couple fractions of a percent of interest.

Lets consider a hypothetical 3/2, recent (<10 years old) SFH is about $80k.Lets assume, for the sake of argument, I pay this.Cost: $80,000Down: $16,000Closing: $2,000Rate: 5%Mortgage (incl Tax): $430Say I even go with a PM: $120/moInsurance: ~$500Rent: $1100 Gross income: $13,200Expenses: $7,100This looks like solid CF to me.But compared to the 2% rule, it seems borderline (1.3%)Doesn't meet the 1/3 rule.Not sure which end of the 50% rule PM fees are taken out of, but with Insurance CF from this metric is thin too.What am I missing?

I only mention the sale price and listing price because I have comparables that show 2 recent sales on the same street, 1 for $90,000 the other $112,000.Also, like I said I have bought and sold Real Estate before.

Finally I agreed that I would have a name and phone number and address so if IRS got involved we could track people and have more reliability as to accountability in the contract projects.

The tax aspects are onerous compared to buy and hold.