According to this article, http://www.examiner.com/article/the-fico-credit-score-and-strategic-default, researchers have found distinct character traits that identify potential strategic defaulters.

As such, its my goal to help other investors plan ahead strategically, not just obtain financing for the deal at hand, but create a longterm strategy for financial growth through real estate investing.

We are very strategic, as life is short.  

I've been an entrepreneur long enough to know that business/strategic plans are not set in stone, and must be adapted as time goes on, but I still think it's incredibly valuable to have some idea of what your target is and the different avenues to get there.We're planning to start by house-hacking a multi-family locally here in Brooklyn first.But after that I'd like to start buying some properties that can cash-flow, and that's hard to do within NYC - it's more of an appreciation game here.

But u said the key word "leverage", for a lot of us, our investing future is about strategizing ways to leverage other people's money...

What is the strategic thinking here? 

Keep the strategic mindset and you should be okay.

I'm looking for strategic partners myself to help with my wholesale business.

Only sell assets as strategic moves such as tax benefits, example 1031 etc. ( I personally do not have experience with this yet, but others do) Do not even think about this strategy, it will only add to the unknow and paralyzing fear. 

I’m a strategic planner with a strong bias for action and am looking to make a move in 2019.