Another new feature coming is the ability to add multiple notes (with date stamp) in client's account.

Is it better to pay cash or put money down on multiple properties?

Neither situation leads the investor any closer to wealth accumulation, except in rare circumstances of inflationary price increases, and onLy IF he has the ability to subsidize short term loses.   

Basic your business model on short-term rental income is risky in that, over the 30 years, regulations can and do change (not to mention oversaturation resulting from the high interest rates pushing investors to rent short-term to try to get any sort of cash flow).We have the same situation in Canada (less the 30-year mortgages) and that's one of the main reasons, aside from profitability, why I invest overseas like in places like Mexico where there is unlikely to be regulations anytime soon, neither at the governmental nor at the HOA level.

These situations we are discussing are hypotheticals and are for thinking and discussion only!!!!

In terms of ROI- the stock market averages around 10%- with possibility for significantly higher returns in the future due to multiple new technology developing that will increase productivity (look what's happening with the NASDAQ recently). 

Not so much by choice, but because of their situation cash offers didn't work and sub2 did.To the preforeclosure point, the best thing to do here is to buy a list a do a direct mail campaign to them.

This may be the best option for your situation as it would not limit the leverage or terms you would qualify for with your 1099 income.

However, title can be “clouded” many ways, including heirs who never registered their rightful interest (usually when someone dies without a will), spouses never formally divorced, common law marriage situations, children born out of wedlock, incorrect survey information, Sheriff and tax sales misidentifying multiple parcel situations, partial property rights transferred such as remainder estates, tax liens unrecorded, incorrect county identification due to changing county lines as when a river redirects, and of course plain old error in the property description copied onto the recorded warranty deed.  

I have multiple properties & small side business of less then $5000 a year.