This is above and beyond the mainstream strategies of using this as my bank to buy my cars or other financed items to save on interest - real estate vehicles to me has a much great velocity of return.

When the main stream says it's time to do something, it often times means it's time to exit and do something else.

A lot of the mainstream software platforms have done a good job with rent collection, but have left the maintenance and tenant finding up to the landlord We at NestEgg have tried to tackle the 3 biggest pain points:  Maintenance, Rent Collection, and tenant finding services. 

Anything beyond that seems to freak out mainstream thinkers.

I realize there are tons to choose from and it may feel a little shady at times but secured credit cards have gone mainstream and they are very helpful

Hard money loans / private money loans became more mainstream with the credit crunch  shortage in 2008.