I plan to make my money from cash flow, equity buildup and tax write offs.Each investor has individual goals and there is no right or wrong way to make money as long as we make money.Actually, there is another aspect to your Appreciation element, saying above inflation is restricting the lion's share of making a property more valuable.You can improve what's there as rehabbers do an you can change the use of a property and sometime never touch it.Simply changing a residential property to a mixed use or commercial use within a short time can provide quick profits.Another way is to add preceived value to the public or any others that might have an interest in a property.

And I especially see no reason to treat a buyer in a way that makes him feel like he's dealing with a big corporate entity (Aaron's suggestion for how to stall).We have agents that essentially tell us, "As soon as you put a house on the market, please let me know...I love working with you and want my buyers to have first chance at your houses."

Studies have essentially shown that covering utilities in the rent doesn't return 1 for 1 in rental raises (i.e. $800 w/ utilities versus $700 without).

Essentially the money I used on down payments would have gone to uncle for that tax's I owed that year.

You say most of your money is essentially earmarked for these 5 homes and it sounds like they're not even producing cash flow yet since you state "the rents will be $1600.00 per month" ... not that they are actually renting for $1600/mo.

Essentially, one subsidiary profiting off the success of the other as an investment,As our business grows we would continue this structure, placing layers of corporate veiling between us and our assets.

@Alicia McElroy I'd borrow as much as I can for as long as I can especially when starting out in re investing.My first 11 properties are all essentially 100% financed. 

Persistence is essential to attracting money.

I don't know how appropriate his training is for mortgage (vs trust deed states) however he's a great resource and an essential guy to know.Or, you can read endless comments from people here on BP, however this is not going to provide you a step-by-step, detailed instruction as to how you should go about finding and working the deal types you seek.

I'm likely getting a premium of at least $25-50/month for my property over my competitors (for this reason and a couple others), so the appliances pay for themselves if they last at least a year or two.Most importantly, many of the flips I do have some leftover appliances from the previous owners, so I can take the appliances from my flips and move them to my rentals at essentially no cost.