I would not forgo a home inspection, but perhaps insert language into your contract that says you will not ask for any repairs to the home?

Not sure if I should save every month for 5-years for the down payment on this forever home or use that money to buy more rentals over the 5-year span (insert opportunity cost debate).

This is going to be what you do for the rest of your life as you constantly tweak and insert what you learned into action. 2.

Call (insert number) ".

You get a (insert name) mortage that covers your entire portfolio using the existing properties as equity/collateral and enough cash to purchase the new one.I own property X free and clearI want to purchase property y but don't have enough for down paymentI'm trying to avoid a withdraw from a 401kThanks!

@Jack Forester ,  https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/biggerpockets-podcast-233-15-deals-18-months-arianne-lemire/ inserting the link to the show here for anyone coming across this in the future.

(Feel free to insert a dumb joke about the TV show here. 

{insert eyeroll} and I thought California was bad!

We have a template that we use and insert property specific information on Word, print it out, sign, and hand written address. 

I am not Oprah Winfrey or *insert powerful woman's name here,* who can do things like influence government entities to raise or lower interest rates or interfere with natural market cycles.