If I can do a cash out refinance and take out 100% of the down payment and rehab (or close to it) but still cash flow $100 dollars per door, then I want to repeat that as many times as possible.

Remember paying off a credit card the charges 12% interest has the same affect on your net worth as investing at 12%.

I have been asked repeated how much I have in my accounts.

Usually that is for homes that are falling apart and can affect neighboring homes.

You can check out his excellent comment on my article about flood insurance here: http://orlandohousesellers.com/flood-insurance-changes-how-it-could-affect-you/If you give him a call tell him Greg sent ya!

By repeating this approach of using cash flow to pay off the mortgage balance, it takes a total of 149 months to have 9 free-and-clear properties that bring in about $100,000 in income.Hope this helps,Keanne

The lead paint issue is probably just a smoke screen, and shouldn't affect a new buyer that much, unless you have local remediation/removal requirements.

You stay for a year or so, then repeat the process finding another 4 unit apt and occupy one in the new building.

Just creates a lot of additional work for you.If you're worried about loans in the future (assuming rental property) then doing work yourself and not paying yourself will look much better on your tax return and to lenders.If you're marketing to private money investors and saying "hey, I'm making X%, invest your money with me at Y%", then you probably want to explain to them that if you had to start paying contractors for services the X% would really be Z% and here's how it would affect the Y% I'm promising you.Ultimately, your profits are not artificially high when you do your own work.

It's all about relationships when dealing with buyers because you want repeat buyers but you are not doing this stuff for free.The seller is not paying a commission because your buyer is paying the assignment fee.