Oh they will tell you it's right up at 10% but conveniently leave out some major cost center or use anticipated appreciation or something else to arrive at that number.

The podcasts are more convenient and provide me with more value in my opinion!

Ive read for many years, different people predicting the next great depression, economic collapse etc. is coming and how people need to buy gold - then conveniently at the bottom of the page would be an ad for a place that I could use my soon to be worthless dollars to buy gold from them ( usually at about 30% above the spot price) Don't get me wrong, I like metals and certain hard assets provided I can buy them at what I see as a value ( which is  usually when the market views them as out of favor) As for real estate, I question the desire to own rental property of any type if you think something "at least as bad as the great depression" is coming.

Terrible if that's what he means as we use it for both transportation and convenience (trying carrying all your stuff on the city bus, taxi, or Uber).If you want you can check out AutoGravity, it's a car buying platform like Better is for mortgage.

Eventually, I discovered the idea of acquiring off-market properties and how to market to sellers who may be interested in selling below market value in exchange for speed and convenience. 

But it's hilarious to see people getting so nerded up over spending a few dollars on a lottery ticket.I play maybe once a year (which is about how many times I set foot in a 7-Eleven) or whenever its convenient because it provides a mild level of amusement for a few days. 

And with family there, it creates convenient opportunities to check on your properties.Ignore the investors who brag they bought massive amounts of units in a short time. 

People shoplift from the local convenience store, homeless people do beer grabs at the liquor store, diners dine and dash, employees steal, rehabbers get appliances stolen, insurance companies get fraudulent claims, banks have loans go bad, tenants don't pay rent, etc.You're going through your business's period of loss.

They make it much more convenient to aquire money for the property AND the rehab AND if you find the right bank they don't make you season the loans to refinance them.

That said I may or may not use our office single-cup server on a daily basis for convenience.