Intelligent use of leveraged buying will grow your portfolio better than most other options.I agree with selling your home just for the capital gains exemption. 

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Let’s say you pay cash for it in order to get some cash flow, well that wouldn’t be a very intelligent use of cash because you could leverage $360k in much better ways in lots of various investments to get larger returns.

@Brent OlivierI am a fan of intelligent leverage. 3 homes allows you to scale faster, and scaling is what I believe most people are interested in the most in terms of long-term investing.

After having the property impacted a pest control has said these are intelligent rodents.

Bird Dogs (lead generation)Virtual Assistants (lead generation, skip tracing, research and intelligence)Mystery Shoppers (important in rentals and multi family)SEC Attorney Tax and Business Attorney CPAFinancial Auditor (for those raising capital, this may be a requirement for your type of fund)There are more team members and yes if you're small, doing single family or haven't scalked yet you can combine these roles.

With those fundamentals in place, even if you lose your job, you will find another at a lower wage and still save significantly each year to continue investing in a downturn, should it come sooner, later, or never.From that position, you can invest intelligently in any market and find deals that can add to, not destroy your financial position.

I think supply is finally catching up to demand, and going to affect the artificial market we have had. just today I got an appraisal back that was extremely low. there have been other instances of appraisals coming in low on other properties as well. makes you wonder if its the market, or the banks and appraisers in bed with one another.this will be interesting to watch.

@Paul Flynn, You are right, we are due for downside & History always repeat.But as @Matt Groth said, until interest rate climbs, dont expect major pull back.Market is artificially inflated by keeping low interest rate.

This was a major (and beautiful) remodel, and everything in the home was replaced - new A/C unit, new duct work throughout, new irrigation system in the backyard, new artificial turf in the front, new flooring, plumbing fixtures, cabinets, and designer features found throughout!