the benefit is that you can run multiple investments via your self managed investment vehicle.  

Also, If you pay off your mortgage early and truly own your house the ability to leverage decreases and you forfeit the ability to invest that money in other vehicles that would ideally bring in better returns than the money saved through paying down your home.

I am pretty sure I take all the deductions I'm due and I've vehicles such as as solo 401K, self-directed IRA, Roth, etc. but I think I might be missing out on larger-picture strategies for investing and tax savings.

I thought I would present this situation to the BP community and ask their advice and opinion on the whole concept of paying off debt versus using Real Estate as a vehicle to help you reach your goals.

I was told that crowd funding is ONE of their vehicles (whereas before it was their ONLY vehicle). 

There are decent vehicles in almost every driveway.

As a responsible landlord you should use every vehicle available to screen applicants.

I found my vehicle to get to where I want to be.

I found my vehicle to get to where I want to be.

Owning a tax-sheltered asset in a tax-modified vehicle seems a little silly.I am a big fan of owning RE with "real money" rather than retirement funds.