You likely have to put down 25%, so your remaining 175K can only be leveraged into 583K which is less than keeping it in a traditional retirement vehicle.Also in practice it gets challenging to finance properties after the 4th or 5th property.  

Trust me... take it from this Investing Broker.. and all the Investing Brokers who are also practicing Realtors®...We don't care where the lead comes from.  

They were willing to remove all the questionable practices and clauses from the lease!

I think if you paid them all the money they ask for you would get some practical education and even in-the-field training.

Probably not a practical concern really.

Time frame: an additional 9-12 months. (4th Q, 2016)I would appreciate any comments, feedback, anecdotes or general advice on whether this seems to be a practical strategy moving forward.Thanks!

Easy enough, but now our reserves are desperately lower that we had planned for, $100,000 lower (when you own 25 rentals, a reserve of $4,000 a rental is good practice). 

I am a huge social science fan, with a particular admiration for those who spend their time turning positive social theory into social practice.

Nobel Prize-winning physicist William Shockley practically invented Silicon Valley, turning California into the technological hotbed of innovation it is today.

This practice in RE is considered unethical and is illegal in many states.