You can build your own and there are good reasons to do that (i.e. more freedom), but if you are straying very far from those formats you will not get results.

This means your financial knowledge is critical for it is the key to your financial freedom.

This gives me the freedom to take the money through whichever has the better tax advantages. 

It became clear I must acquire equity in deals, use my management skills to destroy competition, and then reinvest my sole earnings early on in lieu of ultimate freedom and success. 

The fact that banks won't loan above appraisal values; will inherently limit the ability of values to increase, at least until appraisers have the freedom to value properties at higher than the absolute average of the adjusted comps (which they will rarely do in a neutral or downward trending market).Think of it this way:If a subject house has three perfect comps, in today's appraisal world, the value of the subject will generally be the average of the three perfect comps.

What if the crime was running brothels with kidnapped, underage girls (someone you knew) or modern day slave trading (again someone you knew) or paying off of Iraqi freedom fighters (who killed someone you knew)?

I do love my job; many freedoms and pleasures but also they like to send you everywhere which I don't really like.Every day after work I dedicate roughly 3-4 hours to REI. mainly right now is trying to locate the deals and marketing strategies along with setting everything up since I'm a newbie.I am actually trying VERY hard right now to make REI my full time career but have to learn it first.

Generally, the freedom from stress & time to invest in learning and community building is paramount.

However if you can get financing on the residence that will allow you much more freedom. 

In a wealth-centered culture, we’d use the right words, and strive to be owners, not minority co-owners.It is sad that so many of us have yet to know the joy and freedom of being debt-free.