In about 10-15 percent of cases, when I meet people in person, before seeing the property, I see a look of negative surprise on faces and the enthusiasm wanes. 

I have been looking at options to purchase another property, but won't have the normal 20-25 percent for a conventional loan for a little while. 

This is fine if you fully intend to hold for your lifetime though, but it should be known that if you go to sell, the real estate market will reflect that and you better be in a market that can support the price without the property having any income.

We have an operating agreement that states that we need 60 percent to make a decision and the largest shareholder refuses to make up his mind leaving us in a stalemate.

(November data get's released on the 21st) Closed Sales: October 1944, September 2116, August 2330, July 2236Active Inventory: October 7416, September 6837, August 6687, July 6620 New Listings: October 2938, September 2769, August 3108, July 3513 Medium Percent of Original List Price: October 95.7%, September 96.1%, August 97%, July 98.7% Medium Time to Contract: October 27 days, September 21days, August 17 days, July 13 days Months supply of Inventory: October 2.8 months, September 2.5 months, August 2.4 months, July 2.4 months What I'm seeing(my opinion) is with the rise in interest rates and uncertainty, demanded has softened.

Buying one property every few years sounds like a bad idea to me if you’re looking to build up a portfolio you can live on in your lifetime. 

If I am buying a note that I want a 20% yield whether it has 4 or 24 years left the percent of principal vs interest does not matter.

A lot of people like to put a percent but I estimate the costs as the roof on a $40,000sf property with rent of $650 that is 1,000sf and a roof on a $300,000 property that is 1000 sf with rent of $2500 will not be much different, but if you did 10% capex you are saving $65/ month vs. $250/month.

Most municipalities will limit the percent you can RUBS back if you're not separately metered, so you can bill back more and save/make more money that way.

My car loan is zero percent interest, and that's the only reason I have a loan.