OP is approaching this from a retirement mode.  

I own a long-term rental property in a town currently experiencing significant development, which has brought in many contractors on 6-9 month assignments.

Purchase price: $46,000 Cash invested: $40,000 Sale price: $138,500 This bungalow has completely restored & brought back to life.

This particularly irked me because I had brought over the physically signed pages to their office.

We brought in equity partners on this purchase; my partner & I retained 50% of the deal for finding and negotiating, and our other partners put up the downpayment and manage it for the other 50%.

I saved a bunch of cash, also took cash from my retirement accounts & brought it to the table.

We brought in equity partners on this purchase; my partner & I retained 50% of the deal for finding and negotiating, and our other partners put up the downpayment and manage it for the other 50%.

The whole house has been completely restored and has been brought back to life.

I was talking to a friend and she brought up that there's going to be a lot of volatility probably over the near term in the stock market.

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