I tell my grandkids all the time: hard work and vision trumps everything else.

Had to evict when purchase of a Harley trumped payment of rent. 

I think that the assumable mortgage is the ultimate trump card for the house-hacker in today's market, and it is where I'd be looking if I was getting started in real estate today.

Donald Trump has done more for us than any other president in my lifetime in that regard.

I don't know that I would personally be "brave enough" even with years of experience to trump the results of a feasibility study unless I had VERY good reason to do so. 

agreed here but in our market we do more than just build we entitle, attend zoning meetings, we sell the asset, we provide rental comps, we negotiate financing structures, very little of the actual process is building. floorplan design, style, etc local knowledge trumps all.

While appraised equity isn't cash, the fundamentals of real estate investment trump any particular method for acquiring properties.

The area in your target country where you have a group of people dedicated to help you through acquisition and management of your rental trumps nearly every other consideration when trying to narrow down a location in my opinion. 

Jay,Cash out refinance will Trump a Heloc in most cases right now due to a few things.

Meanwhile, the city was also fining me for the unit not being up to code.After the project completed, I got a trumped up bill, asking for roughly $10k more (~ $60k).