If you're considering moving into your dream home, I would like to speak to you about buying your existing residence......IMO, before I seek any business relationship with a client or customer, they need to be in a position to be a customer not a suspect but a prospect.Direct mail is fishing.

This equity can be either left alone in the property or later tapped via sale or cash out refinance if you need or chose to.Tax shelter in the form of deductible mortgage interest.Personal preference to have a place to call your own, provide a more solid environment for your family, an asset you can leave to your children, etc.And to those who say that LA does not cash flow well, I disagree ...

I imagine your bank wont want to lend more than the property is worth in the current rate environment so you can use that to your benefit as well. 

We are buy and hold investors... but made quite a few moves given the high appreciation environment.  

Maybe it does, if you have a lot of reserves to back it up, but the utility of the extra 100k which is taxed at a higher marginal tax rate may not be all that worth it in this environment.

In today's low rate environment, any you can't get double-digit returns without taking on a lot of risk. 

Hey bud, I'd recommend searching on LinkedIn for some small fish in a really big pond at some of the larger companies. 

Marketing, Facebook is where most investors fish for deals.

cloth diapers make people feel like they are doing something good for the environment.  

I've seen people build a panel on the side of a stackable closet just to be able to get in to reattach the dryer vent, or fish out errant clothing, etc.