Lower Queen Anne is more artsy, new wave types.

(warning: this is not endorsement for Morris Invest, but the message is still worth watching)So, what do others like to do, pay it off, or ride the mortgage wave?

We ride the wave for a little while and then we get off and catch a new wave.  

Wave Accounting is a good free alternative and eventually when you scale up; the transfer to QBO or Xero is relatively painless if you just do an opening balance JE or other methods.

And if you bought in CA 5 years ago in most markets you got to ride the appreciation title wave that those that dont invest in CA say you should never do and your just lucky but there are tons of lucky millionaires in CA that this happened to.So you need to define what a deal is how much work you want to put into it. and in my mind if your in the mindset of cash flow real estate for the remainder of your life then dont get put on the side lines becasue you think the market is a tad to high or that some future event is going to create a buying opp .. 

I would suggest that everyone see where their local market is price wise compared to historical avgs and then decide if you want to ride the next wave down and backup again.  

Now I saw your other thread about buying in the Milwaukee Ave corridor, but remember that this area has already seen a huge wave of price appreciation.

We are booming and riding the wave. 

This effectively created a situation where I was double dipping on my home, while still taking advantage of the tax benefits of home ownership and riding the appreciation wave. 

As a second wave, Blue Sky (Clayton's PM) just closed their doors.