I looked at about half of those resources and realized that you had no clue what you were talking about.

The top producing agent wants nothing to do with a new out-of-state investor, they are local specialists who don't need extra business or time suck.

You can always build in a small extra fee for a realtor if its an off market property.

BEAUTIFUL DUPLEX IN THE HEART OF MIAMI THIS PROPERTY IS SO UNIQUE IT HAS A AUD 1/1 ON THE SIDE THAT BRINGS IN AN EXTRA 1100 !

If you have a savings account earning less than 7.5%, no need to have a savings account when you have extra funds available to you in your heloc.

This provides extra peace of mind in case your upleg does not work out or the seller or lender will not deal.4) Truly retire for real estate ownership.

@Vidit Maini Until you are an ESTABLISHED business I would recommend just keeping track of your mileage for deduction as opposed to spending the extra money to buy a “company vehicle”.

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

I see it somewhat regular of people who got into a "deal" with HML, to do a Brrr and now it's half done reno and there desperately trying to sell it as-is to bail them out. 

I also agree that RE appreciation is unlikely to match the last dozen years, but you never know.Where I am unsure we agree is that paying $450k to improve the cash flow ~$3k (your numbers but I expect my delta wold be similar meaning both my cash flow estimates would be worse than yours but both would be worse by the same amount not affecting the difference) makes sense especially if the cost of having the extra $450k is only 6% rate which is historically simple to beat via numerous investment options and hopefully no one is investing in RE for an expected of 6%.