The faster you move, the more you are exposed in a correction situation.If you decide to more aggressively utilize debt and equity later, there's not harm in going that way whenever.

There is also going to be the substance over form hurdle over who actually owns/manages that property. 

Hypothetically, higher benchmark rates should harm the value of real estate properties. 

Also, there could be no harm done if a lender could give them an idea of what they would qualify for traditionally, to see if it matches your property criteria/value. 

Not often, but sometimes, I will be very critical and come across as insulting when I challenge someone who I think is very incorrect on a particular point and I think that information may be harmful to others.

Plaintiff’s reliance on Lena Sells, Charles Sells and PIP East, LLC’s oral and written representations made on March 2, 2017 as laid out above was a substantial factor in causing Plaintiff’s harm.60.

Some other issues to consider: if you intend to do all the property management work yourself, it's hard to escape liability for any harm if a judge finds that your actions caused the harm.

We're in a housing shortage now and even those negatives he cites are not enough to seriously harm the market, based on experience here in IL ("the sky is falling" here with regard to people leaving, etc. - I've yet to see any ghost towns in IL - yet!).

However, IRS considers the form and substance of each deal on a case by case basis to determine whether a dealer transaction has occurred.  

I've known others very successful with more leverage than me in CA, and they all had respect for its power (to do both good and harm) and were strategically smart about when, how, and how much to apply even though their comfort level was a bit higher for it than mine ... these folks would rather end up with a larger portfolio of levered up assets where as I would like to retire with a smaller portfolio of free and clear, high quality, easy to manage assets that pump out cash for me consistently and with enough margin where I can sleep well at night and continue to save and invest if I choose, and we can both succeed with these different strategies.