The example of leverage is posted 18 times till Tuesday on here, so I won't cover it again, but shorthand not only do you create greater cash flow in the short term by using leverage, you also diversify your holdings (one vacancy is less damaging the greater your number of rentals, for example) and build long-term wealth by having tenants paying off your holdings.I believe there is a time to shift some/all capital into more of a holding pattern than a greater rate of return - near your "demise", for example, if you are planning on exiting the market, tired of working the job (this is a job, even if not in the classical sense), or if you have other plans for the capital, because successful buy & hold is going to (usually) depend on long-term strategy, kind of like blue-chip stocks.

A classical example is when you move money from a bank account in PA to a bank account to a community property state.

I f I buy a home here that goes for 25K I could take a mortage on it and have payments of about 200.00 a month but now I need to find a buyer that will pay back my 200.00 plus additional cash flow and I don't know if that can be done.Jeff,the business model your talking about is more the classic yield, where you borrow to buy, sell it for more and charge more interest.

It’s not the classic model of buying for lots of cashflow today, but that isn’t very practical in this area.

If we're talking classic rent control; where rent can't increase beyond a certain percentage for current residents, and can only be raised when the property is turned over; I don't see it happening.

When an a party enters into a contract by deception, as when an investor entices a seller to sign a cash sale agreement, and the investor has no intent or ability to perform on said cash contract (and does not disclose to seller that investor ONLY intends to assign the contract), that's a classic case of fraud.

They were the first owners of a classic split level home, and full of 50 years of memories. 

He did this through not just his celebrity status, good looks and silver tongue, but also with a well designed and polished high pressure sales program that relied on fear of missing out and classic bait and switch tactics to rush customers into bad decisions without conducting inspections, getting appraisals or any of the usual due diligence.

We have over a dozen wholesalers feeding us at any one point in time bottom line is if they send me something that doesn't fit my criteria they are removed, as that is the classic sign of "throwing **** against the wall" as the saying goes.  

I've got classic linoleum treads and risers with metal tread nosing and marble top treads with tiled hallways in another building, but that seems like a big project.