Ambitious and strategic business leader with a team player mentality determined to make an impact on the real estate community.  

Here is a blog post that will show you the divide in the comments section. http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/01/28/how-to-buy-real-estate-after-a-strategic-default/ Though I will say it’s hard to defend staying in the home you did a short sale on, and putting a different name on the lease.

The key now is find the right deal and the right strategic partners to work with.

Because you already have a home rented, you can put a mortgage on it in a strategic way so that 70% of your rental income will cover Debt of the mortgage.  

It forced us to think strategically.

Hello all, my name is Michael Vieira. I moved to Pittsburgh a few months ago and I am looking to network with other real estate professionals. My goal is to build a network with some of the best Real Estate investors,...

Steve Mel yes, I'm a financial advisor nearly solely to the real estate community and am an expert with life insurance cash value leverage and strategic liquidity.

It can sometimes make sense to have your LLC's in both your names anyway so that you can "strategically" explain to the tenant(s) that you are NOT the owner.  

A strategic means of getting into an investment is to evaluation which option works better.

Find the property, negotiate the contract, do the due diligence, develop the strategic business plan, bring in more experienced property managers and raise capital from investors like yourself (limited partner) to share in the profits.