Yes its a great incentive, and is it really high speed, are you paying for high speed ?

Speed here is worth the extra spend.  

I'm looking to speed up acquisition of a 2nd rental OR at the very least save some monthly costs (if combining the 2 mortgages saves me enough to make it worth it).I have equity in my primary residence equal to about what I owe on my rental.

@Eric Bowlin "The speed of money".  

Risks are very limited in a duplex IMO.Now, in larger complexes liability extends to the grounds, such as parking lots and driveways or private streets, that's where you will see 5 MPH speed signs and the signs of "slow children at play" (like how slow are they?).  

They paid fast and honored every payment they said they were going to make with lightning speed.

I subcontracted everything else out.For me-Speed is of utmost importance.

Advantages of using cash: (1) speed & simplicity:  in both of the deals, we were getting a great price but our lender was bogged down with everything related to Covid19; we had the cash, instead of 12 calendar day process we closed in 2 days

Warren Buffett says it’s one reason he was able to amass such a huge fortune.The key to compounding is to let it work over many years.Just look at the chart below… It shows the value of an account growing at 10% per year over 60 years.I call this the “hockey stick” chart because the money grows slowly for several decades, then really picks up speed after about 40 years.If you don’t interrupt it, compounding produces a fortune.Let me know if you know where you can put it and never stop the compounding?

Some folks are all in on raising money, doing deals, investing everything back into the business, head down, charging full speed ahead with no room for distractions or things that take away from the business.