Not sustainable except for the top 10-15% of Americans.   

I always recommend looking at the number of deals the sponsor has successfully exited, their average returns, and the collective years experience between all of those with an executive position.

I think the right one is, which one can you execute at a high level? 

But start to get out of the SAD (sad american investment diet).Real Estate Investments: Cash flow and appreciation aside for you as a high income earner over 400K AGI its going to be more about saving taxes.

This provides wiggle room in your operating budget and when executed on properties with strong margin, you should be able to pull all of your cash out and repeat.

Does anyone know of US lenders who help Canadians get an American mortgage?  

Can go from $25 to $500k…large line.Frost Bankin Texas only.Bank of Southern CaliforniaCaliforniaBank of West (BNP Paribas)CaliforniaCal Coast Credit UnionCaliforniaEast West Bankup to 60% LTV with "no docs” CaliforniaSan FranCaliforniaFirst RepublicCaliforniaFremont BankCaliforniaHSBCCaliforniaHSBCCaliforniaSilvergate BankCaliforniaMountain American Credit Union and America First have great rates for HELOCsAmerica First will do a HELOC on an investment property in Utah.STR DSCR Mortgages (not HELOCs)VisioUTAHHost FinancialUTAHAmerican HeritageUTAHLendingOneUTAHRCNUTAH

Despite these challenges, the successful sale highlighted the effectiveness of our partnership with Seth Choate and reinforced the value of strategic planning, efficient execution, and strong collaboration in real estate inv

I'm not sure there are many syndications executing investments with debt funds today and paying 10% of the property's value to buydown the interest rate and claim positive financial leverage. 

The strategy is simple to understand, straightforward to execute and taking action is required in order to see a ROI.