Nice I am curious for up and coming developments I Charlotte, how do you get ahead of the curve and claim your stake on them before they are built?

I don't think so, everyone knows the terms ahead of time, and everyone is free to make their choice accordingly.

If you're making a template to fill out ahead of time for future deals, then leave the Assignee spot blank, and fill it in when you have a buyer.This agreement is made between _______YOUR NAME HERE________________ (ASSIGNOR) and___CASH BUYER'S NAME HERE____________________ (ASSIGNEE) regarding purchase of the above referencedSUBJECT PROPERTY.Whereas _________CASH BUYER'S NAME HERE_____________ (BUYER) has entered into a Purchase and SalesAgreement with _________YOUR NAME HERE___________________ (SELLER) for the purchase of SUBJECTPROPERTY, and whereas BUYER wishes to assign its rights, interests and obligations

Also, If you pay off your mortgage early and truly own your house the ability to leverage decreases and you forfeit the ability to invest that money in other vehicles that would ideally bring in better returns than the money saved through paying down your home.

I am pretty sure I take all the deductions I'm due and I've vehicles such as as solo 401K, self-directed IRA, Roth, etc. but I think I might be missing out on larger-picture strategies for investing and tax savings.

I thought I would present this situation to the BP community and ask their advice and opinion on the whole concept of paying off debt versus using Real Estate as a vehicle to help you reach your goals.

If someone wants to get to what I call the Economic Independence point, where the cash flow is large enough to cover or exceed all monthly expenses, focusing on cash flow is good as long as the quality of the properties and the other criteria accompanying cash flow are still met.If on the other hand one is young enough and has a longer infesting career ahead so that the economic independence point is not the main driver, the equity you are pointing out can be used after a while by applying HELOC to keep growing the portfolio without losing the high-quality asset.In some ways, there are investments in real estate approaches that are more complex.

Trying to think ahead about the following scenario:1.  

There are so many different factors at play...your goals, your next deal, the situation at hand of your LTV, credit score, loan amount, etc...that affect the available terms and whether it's best to go 15yr or 30yr.It's always best to work with an investor-friendly lender that has your interests in mind, and can work with you to strategize a few moves ahead, like chess.  

Depending on the location you could probably get a reasonable hard money loan since only 30% would be ahead of them so not a bad deal.