One other quick note, if your idea of paying cash is only because you believe that is the only way to get a deal in your area, you may want to get some professional help in your area, I can't imagine that is true.

As long as she keeps the ratings up id imagine actually profiting from the resale of the homes would be a small afterthought for N.

Run the numbers, a boat is something you pour money into and then buy another boat, not every week will they want the boat included if you give the choice.  

Imagine what is more powerful.  

It looks cool but walking up those joints...isn't cool and I can only imagine moving furniture on those things. 

We then used that 25% that came back to us, plus virtually all of our unsecured lines of credit to dig and pour a foundation, bring in utilities, build a horse shelter and fencing, and we moved a house onto it.

I imagine the reaction might be different depending on what you intend to do with the property.

With the new Fed tax plan being finalized, I can only imagine that this type of investing will increase.

I imagine the deals are harder to find than residential?

Imagine how many seeds you can plant if you put a 30 year mortgage on those properties, leaving 30% equity in each, taking that cash, and putting down 20-25% on a handful of other properties (or small multi-families) and what those “seeds” would grow to be in a few short years...Leaving homes paid off, in my opinion, are for those who don’t have much life left to live...