I know full leverage would net me better returns, but I still have to deploy that money somewhere, and constantly harvesting and redeploying capital is also work.

Growing a high yield fruit tree is different from harvesting it.

with a mixed age stand.. so you can harvest most every year...

Specifically, my job requires me to sign clients to deals using our company to select harvest their timber.

JV partners, short or long term, to harvest the best TDR source super-deals while they last and share in the profits.

I would focus on Huntsville and outskirts, toney meridianville, madison, limestone county, harvest, hazel green , gurley and hampton cove. 

People figure it out.I can't predict the future, but I can think through my game theory alternatives.The home equity I harvested by selling my San Jose home in 2015 is $X.

Originally posted by @Whitney Hutten:@Joseph Cacciapaglia  I might sell 1-2 out of my portfolio this year to harvest equity to reinvest later in the year, not to "run from COVID". 

. - If you planted trees each year for 10 years before you started harvesting, you could eventually use the money that you sold the trees for to buy more saplings and keep planting.

As long as you get a great deal and can force appreciation, you can harvest the equity and use it as a downpayment  for the next deal... so you don't have to keep socking away money from your paycheck for real estate.