Using leverage is the common advice, but how much is up to you.

First let us start by saying even know is it possible it will take careful planning ,education and execution.For the sake of simplicity we will assume you have $50,000 liquid cash to invest.

Not educated on your market but I would assume if your looking to grow your portfolio having roughly $ 155k ( after you pay 20K LT Tax ) a great jumpstart no matter where the market.

It's the cost you'll have to be willing to deal with to leverage the completely free service they offer.

I mean I am an accidential builder.. having foreclosed on builders in the crash and having to finish the projects... so I have some very special education you only get when it happens to you and you have to figure it out.. was not pleasant. and it cost million or so.. but I got out.. and then I realized Hey since as the lender I am taking all the risk I mine as well just do this myself.so here we are about 150 plus new builds later and things are pretty good.Now to be fair my rock star in Charleston build a home last year then calls me and says OOPS house is 1 foot to low we have to raise it.. that's a brand new 700k home that has to be raised a foot.. cost 30k..

I've been educating myself quite a bit, but there is one thing that I have yet to see(possibly may be two discussions down from this one) talked about so I figured I'd ask it.

The thought of leveraging my house has arisen but I don't believe I have the equity.  

I'm looking at buy-and-hold investments and I plan to start slowly with cash, then expand through leverage as my comfort and functional knowledge grows.

I just felt under educated.   

We've chosen to only leverage our rentals at 40% loan to value at the point of purchase in order to pay them off faster.