Most don't engage in forward looking planning only in rearview mirror reporting. 

Its ironic Brian and I's backgrounds mirror each other ... other than I am about a decade older LOLWe both have strong North bay Ties..

Fix your cabinet with the missing door, remove the stickers from the mirror and window, close the toilet lid, sweep and mop the floors, use a wide-angle lens, and take pictures from an appropriate angle. 

The challenge for me will be to attempt to mirror this type of financing approach to Southern Calif. real estate. 

lol ...that's middle class house.but yea nothing make sense if we see current valuation using past mirror, but if we're alien came from future then we may say "oh this makes sense".The point is these are nothing of homes selling for 500k, most do not even have a garage.

There is a organization called Mirror Indy who, IMO, has written a couple of great articles about the IHA challenges.

If you have no ownership of the property or of an entity that owns the property, your arrangement mirrors that of a property management company and landlord.

The only difference is in way you pay it off, but in the end that has no impact on the amount of interest paid.I finally got around to watching that video and my takeaway is that it's mostly just smoke and mirrors.

.: sounds like the best answer is in the mirror. 

If not, that’s another story) No smoke and no mirrors.