It is generally worth the effort and expense, but by far the greater advantage is the personal satisfaction that comes from teaching lessons and damaging their credit.I often collect during the process, sometimes after, sometimes far after when they are trying to move on with their lives.

You could look in to getting a different card that was offering a balance transfer at a more advantageous rate, perhaps.

While the laws are changing to make the specific paint legal, I might take advantage of the monopoly since no one within a huge radius around me knows of the paint, PlastiDip) Not to toot my own horn, but I know I'm a natural leader with a strong outgoing personality.

The certificate holder has no advantage in obtaining the property.

Would you really be taking advantage of someone in that case?

I also only had 4 days until closing to take advantage of the opportunity and find the cash!

But if you can get a discount to buy at the end of the school year when the buildings are the roughest, then why not take advantage of the situation and do $2-5K worth of freshening after buying?

It seems like accountants have almost an unfair advantage when it comes to starting out in REI, which is a good thing for you!

Done properly, the advantage to all of this is that you are now the lender and have all legal recourse to the property – especially if you're in first position.

The advantage of a line of credit is that you can only use the money when you have something to invest it in (i.e.another property).