Here's a fundamental explanation to get your juices flowing:Assume a house costs $200,000 and rents for $1,500.

You also want to figure out if the juice is worth the squeeze (for you personally).

The Juice was simply not worth the squeeze.. same amount of equity in paid for assets for us is so much easier to handle and buying quality assets.. 

@Connor Bell I believe the 16% solution is a book about tax liens. 

This is one of those posts that I will need to return to frequently to re-read it to pull out all the juice I can.

The goal is to look at a property and analyze how much juice can you squeeze before moving forward.

He was talking condos, but for some fun, out of the box thinking to get your juices going - I would totally take your budget and get as many mid-century bungalows in Burbank between Magnolia and the Chandler Bike path that haven't been remuddled, with the original wood floor under carpet. 

The thought behind this was a note would have less volatility than the market, while juicing returns compared to a core rental.

Otherwise you are just getting a juiced return and sitting on too much loan leverage.

I thank you and anyone else in advance for your ideas - help me get some creative juices flowing, PLEAZE..................