For my wife it was her $1k+ sewing machine.  

It sounds like your next steps are creating a marketing machine. 

I have heard a lot of good things about Larry Goins and his Ultimate Buying Selling machine.

It is only a triplex and what I read was that leasing was more expensive for the use than what the machines brought in. 

You can have a bunch of different permutations.For what it’s worth, I’d figure out *first* if it’s the right property for you, and only after saying “yes” to that question would I worry about financing machinations.

Justin mentioned you have one goal - the goal is to build a "money machine" and he and his team have a blue-print on how to built it!

When I turned the furnace for the first time, I realized that something was wrong: it sounded like an out-of-balance washing machine and it frequently turned off and on (every 1-5 minutes).

You could add a communal laundry room with coin fed machines. 

I am on the route of wholesaling because there is little of your money down, you get to know which are the good and bad neighborhoods based on your research, and it creates a lead generation machine which can help you with flipping (later on). 

They crank up their giant tree machines and trucks shake the foundation of our building and the exhaust fumes fill the building...