I do have a knack for design, so it wasn't too difficult for me to incorporate low-cost pieces (a $40 sofa) with the right accent items to make the place feel high-end and vibey.

That piece of advice was very helpful for me and its been of pretty good use already, even though it has barely been a week.

It is a NASTY piece of property and I love it. 

(Most likely considering adding a 7 year ballon.)Do you suggest letting a loan servicing company handle payment collection/escrow/insurance or are you all handling those pieces?

Non owner HELOC's are in the 75% ltv. or less.Rates 10-22% are  and 15 year amortized this is not a good plan to pay off your lower rate first trust deedsShred Method is foolish if you have a rate in the 3's Having a mortgage with a low rate is better than a free and clear property.

In fact you haven't been squeezed out of anything because those weren't your deals to begin with.... you were just hoping those other students (who went through the same program and have now acquired 100's of doors) would give you a piece of the action.... because you thought you were entitled to it.

Depending on the size of the loan you can easily shave off 10-20 years from the balance while still cash flowing more with a new property.

A good mentor should want to share their learnings (versus sell them) - if you can find this, it could be your fastest way toward enhancing yourself.I don’t want to give particular input on your financial piece.

Thats why you have engineers and architects.From your other posts, are you trying to use this Al section in lieu of a wood gluelaminate piece? 

You can pencil out every last detail for every piece if you are that detail oriented.