Find an interest only product that allows over payment and yes you can clear the total faster than on a repayment basis (often approx 3 years quicker on a 25 year term) Ask a broker to explain how that works.Or structure the portfolio to sell a proportion to clear balances before the terms end (slightly higher risk).2) Is my 'forced appreciation' strategy correct?

This is where income 3x the rent has more weight for me. 

there is definitely a benefit to holding onto properties forever, but you can accelerate your profitability and return on the original investment much faster if you sell those properties and exchange them into a profititablemulti family in a growing market

It will be a much faster path than waiting for a listed deal and you'll have a lot less competition.

Does it put you there faster than other methods?

The score is not "weighted", either.

They are doing that all while property prices and rent are increasing faster than inflation, while they have a tenant paying down principle, while enjoying greater tax benefits than with index fund investing, and most importantly while being in direct control of their investments.

It's a lot faster than calling them all up individually.Since BP does not allow a person to link to their own site, if you're interested then just do a Google search on "RealEstateCrowdfunding review top 100 sites" and click on the 1st link that comes up.

They look to have betted that its value after 2009 would start climbing back at a faster rate than the amount they were actually out of pocket since 2006.

I think that the leuon would help distribute the weight and prevent excessive cracking in the tiles as well.