I can’t wait to implement some of Paul’s lessons into my own personal investing plan.Keep up the great work, Brandon and David!

This will let you dump all your extra cash flow into the HELOC to pay it down, but let you re-access it to tackle another project when you're ready.Finally, although it will probably cost you several thousand more to implement/use, perhaps a hard money type lender is a better way to purchase. 

I think after a couple properties when I’ve been able to mature a little more as an investor and implement systems that really help me scale I’ll look outside of SF towards the north or even out of state.

I like to have control in most situations to ensure the right people are hired and the right solutions are implemented but I can see a benefit to asking the seller to deal with it. 

But again - education is the key PRIOR to starting to implement any strategy.

Is that something you want as an employer- 401ks are generally more $$ to implement and maintain or just do an personal Ira just for yourself or do something in between like a SEP or SIMPLE.

A lot depends on the strategy that a particular person is implementing and on the a syndicator as well.  

Unfortunately, we do not yet have enough clarity on how it will be implemented, but it is quite possible that separating flips and rentals will help you maximize this new deduction.5.

Make sure you like the market, the deal has value adds, the implementation of the strategy can be accomplished and you are comfortable with their "conservative" underwriting.Would you buy the deal by yourself?

This was one of those "good ideas on paper" but the implementation did not yield the intended result.I never tried it with current tenants, as they are all MTM.As far as attracting new clients, my strategy has always been to have my units just under market and/or be in better shape than the competition's and provide superior service.