I realized that there’s a way to communicate with investors about deals that really resonates.

It makes me sad when I hear stories on TV where the woman could have had a chance.Without our bodies people can't sustain life yet many do not know how to protect themselves.

With the influx of young professionals, new business, and people from the coasts who are tired of Cali prices, Denver is seeing steady growth on a lot of fronts, and I believe it's sustainable in the short & medium term at least.

At some point, by growing the profits large enough, the business will not only become sustainable so that you can use the rental profits to fund your purchases (thereby growing your profits even more), but you can also use some of them to fund your personal side as well.For now, though, while I am reinvesting everything I can into the business (both personal and business income), I also am a firm believer in needing to pay yourself.Otherwise, whats the point of what you're doing?

Once again, thank you for your thoughts and I do believe that deals that yield favourable cash flows will sustain any investor through peaks and troughs of the cycle.

If I were to become disable and unable to work, the IUL will allow early distributions of the death benefit to help me sustain my real estate.

The alternative is to have even more equity so that there is more free cash flow (cash income to the investor after all expenses including debt service).If you keep pulling out equity to buy more you are raising the portfolio size but you may be standing still when it comes to a sustainable income.Some folks will build a portfolio that covers itself while they continue to work full time.

However, even though it is great for quick money, the only way to make it sustainable is to create a business and hire employee's or VA's, so that the business operates independently.

@Danielle Wolter, your response resonated with me as I am currently "stuck" in a well-paying soul-sucking job with very little time to do my "passion" job.

I feel the need to not just create a successful and sustainable life for myself but put my children in a position to own something that generates a source of income outside of their main subjects of interest.