This strategy enabled me to raise cash which was desperately needed at the time. 

Some quick background I've been a big video gamer the majority of my life...

Did I read that the increase in US national debt has enabled people like me, to buy more real estate?

If you decide to sue them, please include their CPA firm because this firm enables these 2 owners.

We typically are rehabing properties within 10 miles of where we work or live, which enables us to run materials, make decisions faster, and do work  on the property ourselves.

The key is that the leverage that private lending provides enables investors to buy more properties, more quickly.

This will enable me to purchase real estate easier.

We are looking for row homes, multi-unit homes, townhomes etc that will fit within our budget and will enable us to purchase similar units in the future in an effort to streamline operations. 

The price range in Vegas also enables you to diversify the per unit risk of the investment.If you are looking long term, based on the housing price index for both LA and Vegas, between 1979 and 2014, the average yearly house price increase has been about 5.8% per year in the LA metro and 3.2% in Vegas.

FYI to all in thread, BofA issued us deposit only cards that the tenants can use to deposit at any BofA ATM and you have a exact time of deposit record, they can deposit cash, check or money order and they can even issue multiple cards that enable you to provide them to all tenants, and track what card belongs to what unit, in a multi(recently did this for a 9 unit that was a lot of cash and money order payments from in place tenants)