I invite anyone to look at the Case Shiller total return numbers for this century.  

That got violated today.2) The M2 money supply has shrunk by >4% in last 2 years, anytime it goes negative in last century, that has a 1:1 correlation with Recession.

The nineteenth century idea that the wealthy only work with their minds while the poor must work with their hands seems to be reasserting itself in our society. my Drywaller has 400 employees and a company Jet !! 

The stock market will do that at least 2-3 times per century.

>Seems to me that at scale, a portfolio like Luka's would indeed build wealth over timeIt is cash flow negative in a market that has an appreciation rate (2.17%) for this century below the inflation rate.https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/oh/cleveland/real-estatehere are some thoughts about your plan: - why perform a value add in a market where the value add does not add much value especially if the property will be acquired at no cost?  

It was an extensive answer when he was asked the question, "What was the greatest invention of the 20th century". 

You can pretty much look up recent national appreciation (last decade, this century, etc) and see universally numbers between 3% and 6%.  

I have to say that even I thought at the time that it was the deal of the century.

The main homes I'm trying to match are from the turn of the century and 1920s so we've had to get creative and spend a little more than just a box with simplest roof possible.

Land Trusts have been used for centuries.