I want the properties and the high interest is merely icing on the cake for me.

This really takes the cake!

Zillow wants to have its cake and eat it too.If Zillow were just providing factual information, it could present the raw data alone and let the user come to his/her own conclusion about value.

Sometimes I ask for money, sometimes I get beer, and one time I got wedding cake.

If city council work with Amazon, then maybe.In city of Anaheim, Disneyland is biggest employer.

Then at the end came the pitch for the note investing - how it's in our best interest because a better return without the headaches, too many candles on our birthday cakes, etc.

Invest for cashflow, appreciation is icing on the cake.

@Dennis Wayne Thanks and I also like that I get a "Cherry" - I call the appreciation I have been seeing the last few years the "Cherry on top of the icing of the cake".

If you think building and flipping is going to be a piece of cake, it will not, You need to find land, and all that is associated with building, 6-month process or longer. 

Lobster ceviche, cakes, quesadilla and tacos.