But I suppose I should stop playing the "what ifs and buts" and continue my investing journey-

I've heard Robert Kiyosaki say that ideally he would never sell, rather, build equity, refinance and buy more properties.

It's playing the lotto or musical chairs where if you do not have the chair to sit on you lose everything.The more middle income areas where returns increase you have to work harder to get tenants to pay the rent.

Deciding to play an active role in the forum discussions helped me in my development as an investor big time!

Greater risk to play the game.

All the concepts, rules, guides, experiences, etc, that I learned from my studies were now in-play in a real world scenario.

Just be sure to be mindful of which ones are retail and which are foreclosures/shortsales.Also be mindful of neighborhood boundaries, as they play a big role in the comps an appraiser will choose (learned this the hard way) :)

Welcome to BiggerPockets @Kaphan Edwards.When I found the site, I was at level 0 for sure :) BP has definitely played a major role in my development as an investor.Good luck on taking your business to the next level.

I downloaded and played around with it for a little.

Following this post, it seems like there are several advantages to aggressively paying down one's principal residence if they're in the position to do so for the ability to have rapid financing options to make cash offers as a proverbial ace up the sleeve if other financing situations will not get the job done.Has anyone had practical experience in how this plays out?