I'm such a fan of leverage, that it didn't even occur to me that someone might put 100% cash down on a property

It is better if the clog occurs at the toilet because it doesn't require a plumber. 

My problem occurred months after I checked out.

Anything is possible, it’s just not probable.The big opportunity in note investing today is the purchase of notes where payments are in arrears, or the note has a balloon maturity which has occurred, and modifying the notes to create a performing note.  

If you narrow the consumer base, you are also taking away chances of bidding wars to occur because that savvy and enlightened buyer will only go so high in price.

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Please correct me if im wrongdown-payment: 400koriginal note pay off 250kRTF 8kcapital gains tax aprox 20% of 100k (400k-300k)gain ) = 20klawyer and fees 12kNet cash on closing 110k6% Trust Deed for 450k over 15 years will generate about 4k / month trust deed re-occurring expense or initial expense. is there one?

It's always smart to remind yourself not to overleverage other people's money - definitely have to be aware of the risk in the case that a housing crash occurs. 

A lot of that occurred after the recession or in very rough markets, or extremely rural markets.Now if you are talking a normal market, and an investor who is not already independently wealthy from some other business and has a ton of cash to spend, I imagine the podcast episode would sound like this:Host - Tell me how you got started.Guest - I saved up cash until I had enough for my first investment.

Yes, Milwaukee is a segregated city and has had tensions for decades, but it is like any large city, each neighborhood needs to be looked at to see where the development is occurring and where it will be going in the future.