I'd then be paying my heloc off at 1.75% simple interest rather than the original mortgage loan with 4% compounded interest.

It’s extremely powerful to compound your earnings, which means you want to legally minimize or defer your tax payments as much as possible.

This doesn't mean I don't take on riskier opportunities necessarily, I just find comfort in having a compounding engine as a bulk of my portfolio so that I am always operating positive.I am completely new to real estate investing and would love to find like-minded people to connect with.

I probably wouldn't care as much if they didn't compound interest at 10+ percent!

The clientele tend to be habitually unemployed/unemployable and relapse is not uncommon, which often leads to fights, damages, or the revocation of licensing privileges by the municipality.

One of the true benefits of real estate is compounding interest.

This isn't simply subtracting REI time when you are acting as a PM, this is also "losing" the compounding effect of your time when your PM "job" takes time away from your REI "business".You can always get your lost money back, you can never get your lost time back...so don't lose it.

@Tony Sherman, yes.Closing delays on buy side with title issuesMaterial delays, which can compound into contractor delays when you try to keep schedules tightContractor delays because prior jobs are not wrapping on timeContractor delays because you need to fire one and hire a new oneScope of work issues, i.e. no signs of moisture intrusion prior to buying, but all of a sudden you have a wet floor after a good hard rain.Closing issues on sale sideHow do you manage?  

That way, if you messed-up I could take control, send you on your way for perhaps a finders fee, and complete the work myself.I see no reason why I would charge you $795 for the privilege of bringing me deals.

For saving a couple of hundred dollars a year we gain the "privilege" pay $1K-3K in general  deductible and $4K-6K in hail/wind deductible (and likely 80% of the cost of a new roof here in TX).