I keep thinking back to one of the phrases on the BP podcasts, Its better to have 50% of something vs 100% of nothing...     

Have you heard the phrase, "Everything is bigger in Texas"?

So if I were to use the famous phrase from Godfather, "make them an offer they cannot refuse!"

In a phrase, they buy for return OF investment, not return ON investment. 

I must be asking the wrong question or not phrasing it the correct way. 

There is an important economical phrase called "time value of cash" which essentially states that $1 is worth more now than $1 will be worth in 10 years. 

The 50(a)4 Change - There was a common phrase in Texas “once a cash out, always a cash out” which essentially meant that if you took a Texas Cash Out loan on your primary home it would ALWAYS be a cash out loan…even if you refinance later and didn’t receive cash out.

I've often heard the phrase, "Find the deal and you'll find the money", but how does one get around putting an offer in on a cash only deal when you personally don't have the cash?

How's that phrase go??

They are not putting in a literal 100 hours of work each week.100/7 = 14.5 hours a dayAnother way to phrase it would be "If you're not sleeping or eating you should be working on your investments."