#2: what's the likelihood the value will reach $300k in Perris, CA (inland empire) again#3: is it wise to pay down with $10k to make to remove the MI, lessening the monthly payment amount.

Dude every one who comes to Hawaii has this idea but you are like 50 years too late... you are better off finding something in LA or inland empire if you want to stick to a tier 1 primary market.San Francisco, Hawaii, Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston are examples of primary markets which are NOT ideal for cashflow investing. 

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Turn your empire public - sell shares - get financing to grow.

How would you leverage all your assets (tangible and intangible) to build an empire? 

I do appreciate your view in that it's better to start smaller building an empire rather than sit on the sidelines doing nothing while everyone else zooms by.  

It took 90 minutes for Daily News to 'steal' the Empire State BuildingIn one of the biggest heists in American history, the Daily News "stole" the $2 billion Empire State Building.And it wasn't that hard.The News swiped the 102-story Art Deco skyscraper by drawing up a batch of bogus documents, making a fake notary stamp and filing paperwork with the city to transfer the deed to the property.

You need a solid foundation to start with if you expect to build a solid RE Empire.

I am a real estate investor living in San Diego and am interested in investing in the Inland Empire (Riverside/ San Bernardino) in CA.

He boasts a half a billion dollar real estate empire in Florida and Texas.