I really want to scale quickly and saving up these big down payments seems to take forever.

I’m easing into retirement so I am likely done buying properties forever.

Your decision point, as anyone looking to buy now, is do you get a little more aggressive on your assumptions to get a deal done, or do you sit around and not do deals, potentially giving your investor base the opportunity to look elsewhere.Put another way: if your investor base is made up of physicians clearing $500k per year, and you know they will have $100k per year to invest, effectively forever, is it better for them to not do a deal this year, since you can't find one that is kicking off a 20+% return based on your underwriting.  

You can't do what a good photographer can do without a few years of experience and lots of equipment. small investment for high return imo all that said, it's less valuable on a rental than on a home sale, but still worth it. it's good media content, and you have them forever once the tenant turns over. 

Keep them forever, always easy to look back at for comparison or to pull pics for "evidence".

My mindset is that it's not my forever option (or maybe if I want to scale to more expensive properties), but it is a great stepping stone.

I haven't lived in Amarillo forever, but I have minimal fear of what the oil price is doing for our local area.

It would take forever to pay off this mortgage.What should be  the general strategy here? 

Can you imagine having a 401k worth 1 million vs a 1 million real estate asses that pays you forever. 

Keep it and make passive income on it forever!