Elizabeth Colegrove I got lost with your mathematics here: With $50,000, you can buy 3 (3.3, .3 goes towards closing/extra costs) of these houses.

Nina,I'll give you the philosophical answer, and then provide an excellent link for the mathematical response.Ultimately, paying cash or leveraging to buy more properties is a win-win choice.  

They are not magically cheaper over time, they are mathematically cheaper over much less time.

Find that answer and manifest that answer onto your website.I have turned ranking #1 into a mathematical equation. 1 + 1 = 2 no matter how often you do it.These are all people that used that equation to rank.

I realize it's a mathematical issue that is really a function of the cost of the contract vs the cost of doing maintenance out of contract, but I was wondering if anyone else had looked into this and what conclusion you may have come to?

There is no mathematical superior place to sell the loan in regards to seasoning of term.

The ROI on my degree clocks in at -$152,633.My brother's BS is from Carnegie Mellon University, in Computer Science/Mathematics.

Like it's a mathematical equation and you just have to get it right once and ABSOLUTELY IT WILL WORK EVERY TIME.Buy and hold real estate is one of the few ways an average person can actually live out the American dream still.

Or alternatively try to come up with a system that compensates the PM better if the profit from the property is higher, I'll need to run some mathematical models to see if that even make sense. 

CAPEX: If you use a very sharp pencil, have an engineering background, and a crystal ball mind, you might be able to arrive a mathematical formula to calculate CapEx reserves.