As an extreme example, what if Donald Trump started buying strip malls and putting his name on the side.

However, only Realtors and Unliscenced Assistants to Realtors have access to this extremely powerful tool. 

She is extremely investor friendly and knows the Baltimore market well.

I don't know her extremely well, so am wary.

The major downside to mortgaging to me seems the fact that you don't know what interest rates will do.My business is in an industry that is extremely volatile and unpredictable.

Again this all comes down to location, if this thing is in a prime spot, I mean prime to the point that its in a major city metro location with extremely high barrier to entry.

There's a lot of people who naively pay those prices and are disappointed afterwards.  

I've only been investing in Charlotte for about 10 months, but in that time, I've been rather disappointed with plexes for two big reasons:First - there are very few to choose from.  

Auction.com is extremely accessible, and so was the first place I gravitated towards. 

Don't get me wrong, I personally bought a few homes sight unseen, but these were exceptions - I knew the area extremely well, my local broker has done multiple deals with me in the past so I could rely on his assessment, and I already budgeted $xxx to fix random things that could show up in buying a home sight unseen.I invest out of state.