And once set, this shifts the focus to rinse and repeat, finding the next value-add potential and making magic happen again. 

LLC's don't magically create write offs unfortunately as much as social media would love you to believe.

If they try to pull that ESA crap, let them know that all animals have to follow the rules legally and that just because it is an ESA they are not magically exempt. 

The answer is that this number 3000 - 5000 Is not some magic number that is the key.5000 mailers to get one deal is a 0.02% success rate. 

They don't realize you pay the money and you do more work, but you grow quicker and the magic is in the other people also paying the money - your tribe.

When you get close to that magical place it would be pretty nice to have your properties paid off entirely, right?  

somehow HELOCs are viewed as magic. 

No magic pixie dust. 

There is no magic pill out there that gives ultra returns and is ultra safe there are many investments along a SPECTRUM of risk and potential upside with varying degrees of potential tax benefits and deferment strategies. 

It appears they have violated terms of the lease, and they didn't magically appear there.