So I'd gladly trade off a few bucks for lower risk at this point in my RE career. 

It has provided us seven figures in upside over 15 years of ownership but no model we ever built would have credibly forecast it.

What makes that scenario much less likely to happen today are the reluctance of the banks and lenders to leverage themselves that much, the forcing, by regulation, to prevent them from getting too leveraged, and the collapse of those toxic assets that used to be traded around like a game of musical chairs, with the value only set by whoever was dumb enough to pay it, in the hopes there would be a bigger fool down the road. 

I am sure some of the hires are getting on the job training or recent graduates of trade programs and may not have a lot of experience.  

First I went and got the Mercedes CLS550 with the custom 20" Lexani wheels, then I later traded up to the Maserati Quattroporte (which is a beast of a vehicle by the way).  

Trade in for around 20,000-21,000.

Currently this researching and absorbing as much as possible about the trade. 

A little about myself, I'm 31, a plumber by trade and have recently moved to the US with my wife so she can be with her family. 

TBH I don't have a cap rate for the home now, so I can't forecast an ARV cap rate, which makes it hard for me to speculate on the ARV.

I'd prefer to limit the amount of info I give on an open forum, as it's a working business model and I'd like to not give away too many trade secrets.I have an investment vehicle:1.