I do a variation of this - I pay everything (personal and business) with my cash rewards credit cards and pay them off at the end of the month.

I realize there would be many variations and ways to go, but just off the top of your head, how many properties would you put money down on if you were in my financial shoes?

Many landlords have been burned by variations of this scheme.

Interest rates are about the same, but terms are worse for the commercial loans (usually includes pre-payment penalty, typically either variable rate or balloon loans, amortized over shorter periods possibly).Much more variation in Commercial loans, and dependent on the lender, so hard to make broad generalizations.No knowledge of getting commercial loan as an individual.

If you want to invest in California, as with anywhere, KNOW the local market, because there are huge variations.

The purpose of this zone is to provide an adequate variation of retail establishments and services that conveniently serve the needs of residents in the immediate neighborhood.

Your level of risk (variation or volatility in return) depends on, among other things, your degree of leverage (mortgage or all cash purchase).Stock market investors can buy stocks on margin, meaning they borrow some of the money, and that amplifies their gains or their losses.

Just trying to get a sense of how much insurance rate variation there is in different markets.

Do a couple of searches with the terms can you be an agent and wholesale , or some variation thereof, and you will find hundreds of posts discussing this - ask me how I know.  

It is amazing how much variation there is on lending guidelines, i suspect there is alot of "funny business" going on at some of these banks.