What's nice about the primary mortgage and purchasing it outright is that they're only using the debt play; the bank has no equity in the deal (in most cases).

@Sang Yi I appreciate your candor and desire to play the field.

My strategy was to play the long game but as you stated in regard to Houston, this is risky.

SO WE WILL PLAY THE GAME OF THE TENANTS CAN STAY IF YOU MAKE IT WORTH OUR WHILE I GUESS :-).

Large corporate tenants are highly sophisticated and you have to play the DANCE with them back and forth to where both feel like they got a good deal negotiated going forward.

Especially if it is a short term flip or under 12 month play. The

So we got into BiggerPockets and now need to build a team to help us on our journey.It's too expensive to play the game in Southern Cali, so we decided Pittsburgh is where we'd make our rookie start.

Be patient and play the long game.This goes unsaid a lot, but find a well paying W2 income.

THIS WAS MY FIRST AND LAST EVICTION AFTER 20 YEARS OF INVESTING.I HATE IT WHEN PEEPS PLAY THE BLAME GAME, THESE TENANTS WERE RAT SCUM AND THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT UNTIL THEY STOPPED PAYING.

Then when I get home from work I’ll play the guitar for about an hour…that’s my consistent hobby to help wind down at the end of the day.