As the years past, we had all of our money in stocks which we lost a lot in 2008.

Its much like looking at stocks and comparing how well each has done and looking at its 10 year history, like Benjamin Graham taught.

Plus you'd have access to 401k funds to invest in things that return better and less risky returns than the stock market.  

@Getachew Hundera,Another source of private lenders is anyone with whom you establish a personal relationship (prerequisite to private lending per the SEC) who would consider investing in your deal.Essentially, it could be anyone who is nervous about the risk and volatility of the stock or other markets and is looking for a safer investment secured by real property.Learn how to attract and engage private lenders other than your family and your current friends and associates.

Problem is, there are many more sharks than mentors, and they are more interested in draining your $15k than getting you started in the business, and you as a newbie won't necessarily be able to spot this before it is too late.

Our corporate setup is somewhat different than most REI LP or LLC and is more like a Tech Start-up which is heavily scaled to dividends, stock options and long-term recurring revenue.

It is more secure and means that they cannot lock themselves out since they always need a key to lock the door.This is a problem you have to fix today so you need to install whatever Home Depot or such have in stock, but I have finally seen the light and am switching to Landlordlocks iCore locks.

Some tenants that I have funny feeling, I went through aggressive paperwork on them (default into an eviction mindset on the spot).

Take a copy of their driver license on the spot to get the legit full name.

sorry guys those two spots where it says sign the contract it was supposed to say assignment. using talk right now