Definitely found a few mistakes I had in my model.  I

When your business income wavers:1) A paid off home will have no mortgage, but your lack of income means no insurance payment, no food, no utilities.2) A good investment means you still have a mortgage, but your extra income pays for your mortgage, insurance, food and utilities (or at least contributes so you can ration and survive).So... which one is "safer" for a business owner?

My model is to buy and hold mostly with wholesaling a few in and out.What are your experiences? 

That seems counter productive for my business model. I

Still in education mode. :)

I understand you have to be picky in order to survive and have longevity in this business so I plan on standing my ground.

Or in another case the owner converted their old duplex back into a single family home & found they lost it's multi-zoning.Makes our legal multi's more valuable :)So the listing agent is definitely in CYA mode with the required full disclosure.

"We Buy Houses" signs are everywhere and there are a lot of hungry wholesalers who do mass mailings and also have their signs on every corner in areas that are most likely to buy into this model.  I

with mixed results.hoping this higher price point will be our new modelI also just bought 2 lots in San Antonio experimenting with new builds at the 200 to 225k price points..

These questions are aimed at members here who survived as landlords during the most recent Meltdown post-2008.