As you many not be as leveraged as you want to be, you can look at the other end of the spectrum; your cash-on-cash return.

no argument there...i am already working that end of the spectrum. however i don't want to deny myself a chance to make some money in the interim. the reason i put that out there the way i did is because i'm looking to partner with someone and "pay the cost" of not having the key elements (no money,credit) while i "do whatever it takes" to get in the fast lane. my best thought so far is to piggyback on a line of credit using property to secure while i rehab low price homes here in alabama initially. i am offering 2% over the cost of the line as well as 2 points on the draw for purchase and acquisition as well as 20% on the net sale. all the other components are there (knowledge,expereince,construction teams, retailers, marketing and financing through conventional,fha or notes) that is why i am grinding everyday, no is not an option and plan b is plan a...i'm sure you know all the cliches.

On the other side of the spectrum is something like a hotel, which not only is a real estate business but also a convention/conference business and restaurant business.

There are degrees of passivity.If purely passive income (things like savings interest and stock dividends) are on one side of the spectrum and purely non-passive income (things like flipping burgers) are on the other side of the spectrum, being a consultant isn't too far from flipping burgers.

At the other end of the spectrum, if you're planning on flipping houses, working directly with a custodian will be too unwieldy. 

Mine is as follows:do what you want when you want to do it.Have zero need to continue investing with the sole purpose of having more money to spend.Be able to be happy with the funds in passive income to buy your toys, travel, and provide assistance to family and others.My first example-I have a friend that is definitely on the upper end of the spectrum for sure!

, that are killing it on whatever spectrum of success you care to use. 

David,Short Sales cover the spectrums of time and satisfaction.

I have taken professional advice on this spectrum in the past and for the most part it was not the best.

I'd like to flip this topic to the other end of the spectrum and ask about paying for a property all cash to avoid the high interest and to get better cash flow.