As an investor, they enable you to collect unpaid taxes PLUS the applicable interest rate which varies depending on your location.

The ongoing cash flow from the property enables a carry even if all fails.

The girls are honor students and accomplished musicians: I spend a lot of my free time volunterring with the girls' school and with the Alum Rock Jazz Program (http://www.alumrockjazz.com).

this has enabled me to have up to 4 projects going at one time.   

Currently building a business where I help musicians with their marketing and promotional strategies while working full time.

This will enable me to step back a little more from the day to day operations and focus mainly on the acquisitions aspect.

@Brandon Crumpton - Great question and @John Thedford summed it up nicely.Yes, it's a double edged sword that enables you to take massive leaps forward and risks or can be utilized to the point where you overextend yourself and then being unable to sleep well at nights.Use leverage wisely and you will benefit from it's advantages positively.

@JD Martin A fellow musician! 

The sheer fact that I have spent this many years and made this many posts enabled me to grow with BP and as such, BP has been a HUGE part of my success in RE.

To enable the option of individual sale (though we don't plan to do so), we need to do a short plat.