If you fully understand the process, the potential for profit can be considerable but if you do not, it can be bad - real bad.

@Matt Wan In my opinion, there is never a bad time to buy the right investment property.

If you do not have liquidity keeping money liquid in stocks has value, whereas if you do not need the liquidity then yes recasting the mortgage may not be a bad idea. 

Hey @Brody VeilleuxLets first dismiss some really bad info that was stated by others:Please, do NOT tell a hard money lender you are buying an investment property and then move into it!

If the group is a private group, it is treated like a private email I believe.

Triple Diamond, Double Diamond, Diamond; nothing sounds bad) of sales levels, putting it on cards and advertising them.

I do tend to be someone who ask questions and only wants to hear what they want to hear, but at the same time if it's a bad idea.

Lending on mortgages.. buying bad paper.. new builds ? 

Quote from @Shane Haas: Quote from @Patrick Roberts: From a lender's perspective:If the purchase is made via cash and without any liens on the property or funds borrowed against the property, your cashout options are:A) Delayed financing within six months of purchase, which is treated like purchase money financing.

But I'm not sure what would bring rents or housing prices down significantly other than the usual - a big bad recession.