Consider a simple illustration:Option 1: Use leverage and multiple mortgages to acquire five properties that net you $100 per month each in positive cash flow.Option 2: Use much less or no leverage to acquire a single property that nets you $500 per month in positive cash flow.Option 1 entails five mortgage payments to make each month along with five sets of the other associated costs with owning real estate (property taxes, insurance, maintenance,vacancies).

From there you can figure out what a certain job might entail, and how each one of them bids it out will give you an idea on a range for that type of job.

I have no factual basis whatsoever for this assertion, but I think something will hit consumer confidence and slow things down since there aren't any real systemic issues that anyone has found.

But you might wind up doing very well and all investment entails some risk.

If you can't maximize your return with real estate, don't do real estate.Having said that, I would certainly question your assertion that you can find stocks with dividends that outpace real estate.

Be assertive and make sure you are winning.

Need to know the basics of getting my property Section 8 approved, what Section 8 entails, etc.

Paying 5 % interest can be a reasonable risk, paying hard money rates entail a much greater risk and a need for a much better purchase.

Don't be afraid to be assertive.

The lack of the instrument entails lack of the "advantage"As erroneously as mortgaged property is seen as an "asset" I would humbly point out there is still a substantial "loss" in paying the interest spread above what can be recaptured).Please consult a RE attorney as many are under the auspices that total equity in property (all cash purchase) is a financial liability due to increased lawsuit exposure.