As for paying off your house faster I look at the cost of debt right now and want as much of it as I can possibly afford.

* On a Principal only mortgage, the loan will be paid off faster since there is No Interest all payments go to reduce principal... and because of that you can offer more for the building!

I would invest in a area that is growing faster in equity a lot and cash flowing.   

Even though the cash flow is lower with the shorter amortization, you are building equity much faster.

I'm looking for 30 year notes or maybe even 15 (15 would make cash on cash lower but also faster to pay off and financial freedom) I also have cash on hand and do not ever want to lever the total portfolio value above 50% as I mentioned before at most current valuations of the property.

I was loving the simplified faster version of the calculator.  

I feel like my experience allows me to move at a faster pace as far as systemizing my whole business and to where I can work “on” my business instead of in it.

I would start with the email as it's faster, and shortly follow up with a letter.

I have not done any flips,  however I live in the area , if you do flip make sure you do comps for houses that actually flooded, in my neighborhood houses that did not flood are going faster and are going  on average  for 10-20% more than houses that flooded even on the same street.

That is called a wholetail transaction. much faster to make your money.