With the market being the way it is right now, I've moved onto cash buys and paying down my loans for now.Since the properties will all get an artificial bump in performance once the loan is extinguished, Cash on Cash doesn't seem the most appropriate for my situation.What performance analysis metrics would you suggest to capture loan paydowns appropriately?

The only reason that they might read or listen to your message is if they gave a headache and think you offer headache medicine or some remedy. 

And I can't imagine how oil prices can be held down for much longer unless if artificially so.

And let's say I want to gut the bathroom and put in new tiles, a new tub, a new sink, a new medicine cabinet etc....

Rates are artificially low just like in 2004-2006.

Here's the thing; a doctor doesn't perform operations the first month he's practicing medicine.

If that weren't enough, Obama promises to raise our taxes; raise corporate taxes; diminish the home mortgage interest deduction; diminish the deduction for charitable giving; start a new socialized medicine entitlement; and enact a disasterous cap and trade system that will raise utility bills for EVERY American and raise fuel prices by $2 per gallon!!!

I’m stuck in the analysis paralysis part.Background is in emergency medicine and firefighting.

Any complex field, be it politics, finance, technology, medicine, or real estate always comes down to a few core principles that successful people follow.

.- Rent control in many cities is another rule keeping rents artificially low.