Short or not - the buyer and seller are still the principals in the transaction - The short sale approval is just  a contingency.I would also have to disagree with your statement that universally short sales are hard to complete.

[If others disagree, I'd like to read why].So if your motivation is purely to maximize your current investment, perhaps find out how much the cheapest fixer-upper small studio, in as worse a neighborhood as you could stomach, in as far a radius from your work as commutable, would cost.

I disagree.

Hey Christopher,I would have to agree with Jamaal and only slightly disagree with Nghi.   

I'm pretty conservative financially, though I don't disagree with the notion of leverage for growth and higher returns.

I disagree with the previous poster initially but realize that it is all dependent on your risk tolerance, personal finances, and overall strategy.  

I respectfully disagree and here are the reasons why:In terms of raw CASH FLOW, #4 may be worse than borrowing. 

Hi @Russell Brazil I work with one of the top national Agents in ReMax in Rockville who would completely disagree with that assertion.

He has been free trade and said the trade war was a bad idea in the last week.But now his boss disagrees.

American workers are financial slaves and our education system, political system, media, financial regulatory system, tax system and financial system pretty much ensures that this will not be changing.George Carlin on the “American Dream”https://youtu.be/kJ4SSvVbhLw I don't disagree with that (and, btw, I love George Carlin - my favorite comedian by a long shot) but I don't believe fractional reserve banking is to blame.