Using an artificially enhanced 2005 value to justify making a sound investment decision in today's real estate climate holds no water.I congratulate you on your success.

This will much enhance your chances of success - bedbugs are hard to exterminate.Once you think you have completed the treatments successfully, there are bedbug sniffing dogs that you can hire (relatively inexpensive) to get a certificate that the bugs have been completely cleared (or not - whichever may be the case...).  

I think this will depend on the area I would like to invest in and many other moving parts but this is why I made this post to connect and network with investors/realtors in the area so I can get a better grip of the market.

To sum it up, it's really an enhanced form of arbitrage where you use a line of revolving credit to pay down big chunks of your amortized home loan.

Yes, you CAN use leverage to enhance your profits and control more properties, but to say "you'll always make more profit by using leverage" ignores negative spreads between asset yields and debt costs and always assumes assets will appreciate.  

@Daniel MillsWe've almost never sold a property with boarded up windows, but I view boarded up basement windows as a permanent enhancement, not a temp situation.Windows above the basement are a totally different story and we would remove the boards to sell unless we are flipping totally as is and need the boards for security.

Get a grip. 

They do not provide meaningful oversight or guidance with respect to tax code compliance.A checkbook IRA LLC is an enhancement on the above structure that is generally more time and cost efficient for investors with a more diverse portfolio.

They do not provide meaningful oversight or guidance with respect to tax code compliance.A checkbook IRA LLC is an enhancement on the above structure that is generally more time and cost efficient for investors with a more diverse portfolio.

So it is actually not the events in our lives that bring out the worst in us, it is actually the fear of those events that paralize us.As soon as that paralizing feeling of feer grips you the next time, just remember the odds are stacked in your favor.