I leverage a cleaning service, a few landscapers, handymen, contractors and plumber.

I myself have a 1/1 apartment on Davis Islands near the hospital that I'm considering renting to traveling nurses.The problem with rental arbitrage is that you need leverage as the renter to negotiate assignable lease terms with your landlord.

You cannot beat the power of an ADU for peace of mind, leveraging your home to pay less monthly and reduce your expenses and give you the experience and confidence of doing constriction, getting permits and working with the city and managing a very easy rental.

This way, you optimize your costs and leverage lower rates when possible.

The cash flow first, the appreciation to be the icing on the cake"  this sentiment is one of the worst I see on BP not sure who espouses this and why all these investors say the same  thing but that's really a recipe for disaster for the investors.If your leveraging RE to the max U know 20 to 25% down . 

For me, it's not worth the time to save just a few hundred dollars by leveraging these policies.

You would be leveraging more which doesn't seem ideal for you. 

Giving them a deal is great because you have leverage. 

With a $200k HELOC, I could flip one property or buy 3, using it for down payments and leveraging loans.

Practice tips include budgeting, saving, and leveraging strengths.