Kyle, there are strategic ways IUL's can be structured with many benefits and advantages.  

It is a bible of inspirational points that can be implemented.Rich Dad Poor Dad is like the strategic plan and Think & Grow Rich has the tactical plans to achieve goals.

One requirement is that the pilot must keep line of sight at all times while flying any remote aircraft.

I fully endorse such strategic flexibility and ROI-maximizing decisions.That would be similar to a flipper who expands nationwide and perhaps worldwide, finds that he is so successful that he is unable to reinvest the proceeds back into the flipping business at an adequate ROI, and then decides to do other things with the cash such as buy-and-hold.

"Strategic foreclosures" are occuring (homeowners just move out without transfer of deed to buyer)4.

Do you ever have losses and strategically take the stock option profits in years when you may offset with losses?

Not really, but I knew I needed to be home with my family...not 100 miles away in a town I considered a strategic military target.

Of course there will be expenses over the years for maintenance, property management ect , but in the short term on paper you are cash flowing a nice ROI.Show your wife the numbers take her for a nice Sunday drive past the ole rental property (strategically forget to mention that it might need a new roof in 5 years) and voila she might just hand you 20K next time. ;-) 

Think strategically - for example, because of the way January 1 fell this year (on a weekend), it gave me until the 3rd to pay all of my city property taxes without penalty.

Please go and talk to an accountant for some strategic planning.