The real deciding factor that I was waiting on for Apple was when they went with the bigger screens.

Gist of the idea is you develop your marketing advertisement (think: car magnet), hire a driver who is already actively driving around (Lyft, Uber, etc), and have someone (or many someones) marketing your company while they drive. 

A big reason is that, comparing apples to apples, the cost per "dwelling unit" is usually significantly lower in a multi than an SFR.

It makes it really easy to compare apples to apples.  

With the exception of a few bad apples the vast majority pay on time.

It helps me compare apples to apples given my personal operating assumptions.  

If you have them all scoped out apples to apples and plan on a signed contract, then go with your gut.

Probably not .. its apples to Oranges .. so when you talk about all your deals in Tacoma that's great for you. but you are not a starter investor just like I am not.. so what works for us is totally not realistic for beginners.. 

I grew up in NY and worked in the Big Apple for the past 7 years.

Those are the two major players when trying to make an apples to apples comparison of debt vs no debt.A better question for what you are looking for would be: will an all cash purchase or a leveraged purchase yield a larger return?