It's not the popular opinion by old schoolers, but the math wins.

I would show her the math for the follow:- $x is the market value (real market value, not inflated)- $4% - we'd pay a cheap real estate agent 4%$x-4% +your closing costs  is what we'll sell it to you for. 

Then it's just a math function of how many projects you can do :)

Hey @Neetu NagiLet's do some quick math here: If you put down $75,000 (20% of $300k) to get $200 ($2400/year), your yield on that capital is 3.2% on an annual basis. 

You may want to re-check your math again. 

I would say, do your numbers and let the math make your decision.

I rarely struggle with math and have been successful in calculus and statistics thus far; that should not be an issue to factor into my degree path.

Eventually REI became our next daunting experiment, but at least having graduated we all had a great $$$ JOB.To this day my education has paid off substantially in my REI applications & the need to apply advanced math, electrical concepts & shear force/bending moments often comes back to haunt me.

When doing the math - that is $187.50/hr divided by 2 guys. 

My math must be wrong.