on the G 550.. if grant is like any other air craft buyer.. there are HUGE accelerated depreciation schedules for new airplanes so most RE guys will put little down as possible and finance as much as possible its not uncommon to put only 5 to 10% down when economy is ripping.. 

I think it's more strategic and not necessarily going to cause a tumbling housing market. 

We are gearing up to out strip each of our Home Construction offices of about 60 to 75 Housing (Town-homes, Duplex and Residential new) units per each (year) of 16 our strategically located offices Western U.S. over the next 3 years.

Too much in your primary res represents more risk to me than too much strategically purchased imcome property.

I attended only the first day and didn't go back the second day.At the beginning of the seminar, he promised that the weekend is all about learning how to invest in real estate and that he will not be doing any selling, but in reality he strategically embeds the selling into his material. 

Another story for another day Strategically, we thought about fire risk in 3 ways1) Catastrophic scenario where the house actually burns down: it can take years to obtain permits and actually rebuild a home, plus demand in the area could suffer long-term if the entire area burned, so we agreed we should insure at an amount we could walk away and feel good about it.

We're too busy spending billions on aircraft carrier groups and the next sexy line of fighter jets.

I’m happy to hop on a call anytime just to mastermind/strategize/encourage each other.

My house purchases have all been strategic and number driven and my decisions where I rented were emotional.

@Scott TrenchWhen the line between education and sales is a blurred as it is there is always going to be more “noise” toward the investing strategy that benefits sales; in this instance more leverage.I have been strategically paying off (not down because, with a conventional mortgage, that increases risk as you reduce liquidity and have the same debt service obligations) “higher” interest loans.