The A.G. will salivate at opportunity to add another head to the pike's that they can coin "predatory investor" to help further there career. 

If you prefer less risk and immediate income, then paying cash could be the way to go.I like that- both sides of the coin.  

You can also look at Airbnb using "the enemy method" to see what competitors are doing nearby that was coined by the brilliant Avery Carl.

Quote from @Andrew Frishman: Suddenly crypto investing doesn't feel so volatile anymore!!

I'd coin Mpls "idiocy-squared". 

So many turn to the basement dwellers with the "command centers" full of pawn shop bought computer monitors of which some are in Porn Hub 24/7 while they shill crypto and for gurus in various spaces like real estate.

Things like this happen all the time in the crypto world.

In the meantime, i recommend hedging your leveraged real estate bets (which are essentially, leveraged U.S. treasury bond bets) with non-financialized hard assets like commodities, precious metals, crypto assets, fine art, etc.  

We have late fees, pet fees (though less these days with the whole service animal abuse), parking fees in some cases, storage unit feeds, coin laundry revenue etc... it can add up.Good luck.

On the other side of the coin, someone going through a broker or IMB to purchase an investment property, is likely going to spend significantly more than they would at a bank who holds the loan in house, because of LLPA's with Fannie/Freddie.