@Mike Morawski I agree that it pays to have three of every trade on speed dials!

Probably a good trade-off because you might want to use that money for something else.

Start with smaller value-add properties with the aim of trading up prior to your first heading to university.

JD is an electrician by trade, along with many other talents; I'm the painter, tiler and a few other tricks so this is our attempt to volunteer some of our free time.

I have a lease and they have an option to purchase.I'm going to trade this house when it sells for 2 x 4 plexes in Michigan.Gary

I am Active Army but I bartend and plow snow on the side and she is a hustler jack of many many trades, doing whatever she can to make money to include bartending at many different places at a time, insurance sales, and even recently medical coding.

There are systemic failure downturns (like 2008), there are force majeure downturns (like this), there are international trade dispute downturns, natural disaster downturns, Zombie Apocalypse downturns, and the list goes on. 

There are many differences between openly traded investments and real estate.

I can also see the tax lability might be higher if I were to use this strategy and swing trade in stocks for short term capital gain that I add to the next purchase.

Charles Schwab brokerage accounts are free and trading is now free.