Everything in the article makes total sense...wealth building helps through appreciation and debt paydown over time.It makes sense that chicago suburbs with strong school districts perform the best. 

I think investors see it the same way and invest that way too leading to bumps in prices if they start to see a trend.   

You can then get financing either through refinancing the entire debt stack or getting a second mortgage with the same bank that did the first mortgage.  

Love getting the person that has zero debt to start the game.

This motivation lead me and a business partner to start Raise the Standard Property Management.

My buyer funnel has never been more full, without me doing any aggressive lead gen.

Now my main issue is I need a fire detection system in a enclosed back porch that leads up to all three floors, but I don't know what's the minimum I would need to be compliant or that the fire marshall is suggesting what he wants or recommends.

Like others have said, you need to find alternative lead sources to find a decent deal.

Note: finding bank to finance deal seem to be more difficult than I was lead to believe.

I don't believe you would properly replace the debt in this situation.