Some people love the sandwich deal, but be prepared to potentially deal with headaches, because they do happen every once in a while.At the end of the day, which strategy you go with is entirely dependent on how much risk you're willing to tolerate, and whether or not the potential reward justifies the risk.

Flipping is more exciting and rewarding for me because I have a chance to create something beautiful from something ugly each time.

Help people and you'll be rewarded.

You brought value to the house and the neighborhood and got rewarded for it.

The bigger the risk doesn't always mean the bigger reward though.

As such, I hesitate to tell you unequivocally to not pay off debt - that may be the right thing to do.What you are looking for is some sort of risk-reward that compares the two.

I am not running a charitable housing establishment.So lets review; I've collected $0 in rent.

A term lease is a reward for being a good tenant and nothing more.  

He was rewarded for his tenacity and creativity. 

Most importantly it helps people get to know me even though we’re not having a one-on-one conversation.3.BiggerPocketsI’ve posted over 2,500 times over the years and have been rewarded 10x over via the new friendships I’ve made from BiggerPockets  Hope this is helpful for your money-raise efforts as well!