I hope you are shocked.Now, calmly, on the other hand, if you are just speculating, that is, you are just happy with the general rise in the market, as long as all the old owners remain optimistic enough to keep on sitting tight so that there are few sellers, as long as enough high-tech jobs continue to pour into Portland (doesn't have to be many), as long as there is money in China looking for a way to not just disappear into thin air as in China it might (because at least here in Seattle that source seems responsible for most of the price-raising buying activity), then sure, maybe you are happy to pay 5.5% for the privilege of gaining that speculative increase in equity. 

In my case specifically however, I did not want to exceed a purchase price of $150k (imagine seeing the same homes that were on the market 2 years ago for 90k at 170k!) 

Imagine a destination without a map, likewise imagine a map without a destination. 

I imagine this would translate to a drop in revenue but this could depend on your market and season.Boost your search result rank by turning on Instant Book!

I imagine as-is meaning if you only spent 20k of a 40k job, then you earn 20k more, don’t you?

At that point, your return on investment should be much higher as you are deferring the taxes which allows your wealth to grow faster.Of course, this is all a guess, and I imagine by the time 10 years arrives, you and I will have dramatically changed our approach!

I'd have said cash back in 4 years...OK 5  6 7 years because I'll have to fix a few things here and there, but then I will have my money back and cashflow literally beyond anything I'd imagined before. 

You need to dig a small trench around the house, pour the properly diluted solution into the trench and then backfill the trench.

It's ok though, as my strip mall area has about 50% vacancy and I can't imagine it cash flowing well. 

So you can just imagine what B/C areas are going to cost you.