But the trade off is perfect. 

I've done it before and had no problem as GC if <$30K and using licensed trades.

My current plan is to pick up some small MF properties, save their profits, and then trade up. 

If you are not a trades person, I would really think deeply about doing it.  

I retired from trading in 2010 and started full time investing in 2011 after taking a year off.To date we, as a family, have a goal of owning 20 properties free and clear and enjoying the passive income from them to travel the world, do what we want, and enjoy life!

I said for me nothing, I don't carry any and you could hear the consensus which was if my name came up don't take the case if the outcome is likely to be a nuisance settlement goal because it is Insurance companies that keep that source of income flowing, and those lawyers that knew me knew my policy was bury the enemy not settle.Continuing ed, I thought this was a good thing.

In the past 2 years, I've gone from being busy running a fairly successful computer related business (and burned/stressed out about it) to taking that part time and doing other odds and ends like buying/selling/trading things.  

Brian holds and MBA and was an engineer by trade prior to going fulltime as a real estate manager.

I'm looking to trade some in to move into the 50-60K range.

If you think you have an issue, post and we can give you some feedback.Jay, typically there is no escrow in a whole loan trade of an existing mortgage.