But if you desire to own more properties faster, financing is the way to go.

My concern is that the can has been kicked as far as it can down that road.The last two times in recent memory that the fed didn’t backstop the market-Q4 2018 (when they stopped “easing” and started “tightening”) and Q2 2020 (Covid) the market dropped.Not a surprise on the drop from an unprecedented pandemic, but the recovery is fueled by the fed, not by the market, so I feel it’s already inflated.

What fuel are they using?

I grew up under the philosophy that the north side of town appreciates faster than the south and west side of town, which tend to house your lower B and C class properties.

That would allow you to potentially scale faster especially if you increase in the number of units. 

Being actively involved does save money, speed the process up, and the end result is a better finished product which typically sells faster and for more.

Reclaiming the property would be easier, cheaper and faster than eviction. 

With low purhase point, it's faster to aquire more properties.

When the capital markets that fuel this industry freeze, there is just not enough money to continue business as usual and definitely not enough to cut rates.

That way I can mobilize faster than a hotel and gobble up some bookings that would have went to my local Holiday Inn.