I can imagine after paying property taxes for 5 years there must be some kind of leverage with a traditional lender in obtaining a refinanced loan? 

Cash flow is most important to me at least, the beauty of real estate is the use of leverage to increase returns, take advantage, but don't go over your head and get 50 rentals with huge loans on them.

The problem with high leverage is that it can't turn an OK deal into a good one, but it can definitely ruin an average deal.

I think the main people who are replacing their current job or income with cash flow from rental properties are buying cheap houses with leverage. 

As a wholesale deal for us, is it possible to do a double close with the end buyer having leverage instead of being a cash buyer?  

God bless technology :-).

I would use those and leverage some free gography tool such as www.arcgisonline.com. get a free 60 day account and drop the stats there to play a bit.

Try notemls.comWe hold some notes and have considered leverage against them and/or selling them.  

I'm a former contractor, specializing in "green" technologies and efficient energy use retrofits.

As such, a website is just an enabling technology but the deals are being closed offline.