You can create all kinds of leverage for yourself as a buyer if you play your cards right. 

I also have virtual credit cards assigned to the various properties.

Unlike a cash-out refinance, you pay for the funds as you go and it functions as a credit card (rather than a mortgage), giving you more flexibility over the funds secured via your house and is potentially cheaper than a mortgage since it is not amortized.

I've heard so many success stories on the BP podcast of people who've done really well with the buy-and-hold strategy and have the freedom to travel and not have to work a 9-5 (unless they want to, of course) and can pursue other interests, so that is a huge dream of mine too.

We bought a house to fix and flip as a place to live while we built our dream home.

It's a great way to build a house of cards by borrowing yourself into a corner though. 

We agreed for him to rotate some of his art in and out of our house, up to 20 pieces at a time with his business cards. 

You guy made those changes and the premium went up more than double and you charge the customer credit card automatically.

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There was a grand design episode where the guy spent over a million on his dream house and right at the end , after all the construction was finished, had to call back the crew and dig his driveway or plumbing according to the zoning he wasn't aware of. 6.