With the extra cash I was accumulating, it helped me pay down the principal amount on a far more accelerated schedule than passively waiting out the entire 30 year period the loan originally had been written for.Occasionally when I found that money was a little tighter as I made monthly mortgage payments, I would add in an extra $200 or $400 from my extra cash flow for principal only, and after I finally had paid down an extra $5,000 in principal total, however long it took, I would send in my request to the bank to recast the loan and quickly saw my cash flow go up again.

It shows what you can accomplish/accumulate with steady 'forward' movement, particularly in such a short period of time.  

This way, you are your own bank for all of your future down payments, and that high paying job that doesn't accumulate enough for your SP fast enough, isn't used/spent. 

I'm looking for long-term wealth accumulation and for the near-term tax benefits.I'm hoping that I can extract some good information from everyone here and hopefully contribute some of the same at some point.

I am also NOT "adament that agents who sell $1.4m make more money than agents who sell $7m" Not sure where those numbers come from but I never stated as such.We can agree to disagree, I will keep watching my stock (most of which I accumulated for 80% of the value the month it was acquired and some for free) continue to grow at exorbitant rates of return.

Are you trying to squeeze your investments for growth or are you sitting back and watching the cash flow accumulate?

We used every strategy in the book to accumulate rentals (excep turn key).In addition to house hacking (taking in renters for spare rooms or buying a multi door and living on one)   or buy an occupant house and repeating,,,  I strongly suggest you buy BP's Zero Down book. 

We accumulate capex until we have about $20k because that's enough for about 3 major events such as HVAC/Roof/sewer pipe, etc.

Your property is nothing more than a temporary resting place for your cash until such time when your equity (dead cash) accumulates enough "friends" through appreciation (thank you economy) and principle pay down (thank you tenant/rent) where it has more value outside of that property.I then sell the property, and double down on the true value of that equity/cash by investing it into either multiple of bigger properties. 

The full guts are overbid by construction companies and other hard money loans.I also need to shield my W2 and LLC income from taxes so I'm happy to accumulate properties that appreciate well and rent quick, even if they come at negative cash flow.