In one particular case, it was an older gentleman whose 50 to 60 years kids didn't really want to bother caring for the properties he accumulated over many years of investing.

My success will be determined by how hard I am willing to hustle not how neatly my accumulated life experiences check the value boxes in a new industry.

And repeat.That way you are (slowly) accumulating properties that are a little nicer.  

How long will it take to accumulate cash for a down payment if you were to pay it off?

After living there for 2 years sell it and keep all the profit from the sale along with all the rent I collected over the years and then just move into my next rental and repeat the process to continue avoiding having to pay the tax on the sale of all the rentals I accumulated over time.

As the cash accumulates, the risk is transferred away from the insurance company.As a practical example, if you put a $1M policy on a 65 year old, the premium needs to be high enough that the cash value will accumulate to about $1M by the time that person reaches their life expectancy, assuming a worst case growth assumption on the savings component (i.e.

Everyday that money sits in that heloc account it drives down the interest accumulated on the remaining balance, since the balance is smaller than what it was prior to the deposit made.

Of course, this style of investing requires a lot of patience because if I can't find a deal, I simply will not purchase anything and let the money accumulate until I find something.

IF one finds interest and joy in the accumulation of self-storage, then it makes the journey more fun and interesting.

Then we usually just let the cash flow accumulate in the account for as long as possible.