By then, you will likely have several different interest rates, so start with the one with the highest rate, and pay that off first.As you eluded to, the bank will like to see your properties are cash-flowing, which will make them more comfortable with you as you scale your portfolio.  

I don't know much about being an agent and listing properties but from a business perspective,  wholesaling is something you could automate and scale up.  

My family will be moving to the Denver area next summer.

Would love to connect with people with local market knowledge and expertise.

I am finishing an MBA in CRE and have brokerage experience. My girlfriend i...

They platform (Folio) is and probably anyone doing it at scale is. 

Think of blind lady justice holding her scale, one side is risk, one side is coc return.

Gotta be local to realistically do that unless you have mature systems, scale, and reliable contacts out of state.

@Andrew Davis I'm curious as to what your model of execution looks like.I was considering something similar for the industry but on a more scale able basis.

They are all in c class areas and produce very well.If you plan to enter the C class investment world, I would suggest that you have a plan to scale up.

There are some real advantages w/scale and a concept called forced appreciation (value add approaches) that make large apartment investing attractive.  

But now, must start from scratch again (or with however much you've kept or saved).There is NO scaling of paid-full-price-borrowed-too-much investments.