My thinking is that this is my long term home for later in life, but I want to make it beautiful and use the home as a tent pole for other investments.

Good morning beautiful people!!

I just want to add that with delayed financing you have to use your own cash or HELOC ( I know you said cash, but making sure it wasn't hardmoney or any type of loan. ) Also the beautiful thing about delayed financing is they treat it like rate and term as you're not pulling more money out then you purchased it. 

However his front step is beautifully designed.

So really right in line with historical stock market returns.The beauty of real estate is the it is 1) much easier to buy advantageously (get a good deal) than with stocks--at least for the average person, 2) you can also buy, even without leverage, properties that out perform the stock market, and 3) you can safely leverage 70% to 95% without much difficulty, making your money work much harder for you. 

I have a tendency to get attached to beautiful properties, especially when it will make my wife happy!!

Being from a place like Los Angeles I was really taken aback by the beauty of Lynchburg and some of the surrounding areas when I visit my little brother out there.

Personally I don't want to deal with that kind of customers and there are so many nicer places in that beautiful country.

There is something beautiful about being debt free, too. 

The beauty of mobile home parks is that they bring in a lot of money with relatively low expenses if you lease the ground only.