Old houses are awesome, I love them and they are very rewarding.

Basic finance teaches that riskier investments should offer higher rewards, but most MLS properties do not offer enough reward to compensate for the risk. 

Bet several of you will have to split the reward!

With risk should come a reward. 

Congrats on a deal that provided financial and educational rewards.

In total its $108 in fees, but you collect $400 in cashback rewards at 5% for a net of $292... 

You can eat ramen if you have to and rent a room in a house.I think the reward far outweighs the risk.

That has the potential for being a very financially rewarding strategy, because you can stay on top of everything and you'll have so many tax benefits.It's probably not what you wanted to hear but after a couple months studying it's a pretty realistic vision at this point :)

It's not crowded, it's so cheap, and it's charming! 

Please note: I didn't even hit the tip of the iceberg of why mutual funds are quite possibly the worst investments on a risk/reward basis.