Unfortunately, this was a few years before the big crash.

I paid cash for my first 2 S.F.H they both double in value bought  in a A-B area after the 2008 crash, the 3 I bought from a friend  did a 30 year on it .Just the 2 paid off  houses paid for college for my 2 kids .The one thing I like about cash deals  you always  lot of capital to make moves ,lots of folks  on here do the all debt method.I say do  a hybrid little of both .

Having lived (barely) through 4 divorces I can attest to one divorce is worth 2 stock market crashes and the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

I'd worry about putting up a barricade to keep cars from crashing through the front door of the house at night.   

That last crash one of the worst in generations, did not hurt multi family much. 

When you put those in charge of government who see government only as an obstacle, the big crash happens (again!)...

Oxygen bottles are personal property but may not belong to tenant.Yes, it's unpleasant to watch.

Before the crash, I purchased 20 acres of vacant land which was phase 3 of an existing subdivision.

We got into real estate in 2009 when everyone thought we were crazy since the market had just crashed. 

I think many people (particularly in REI) have an unnatural fear of being sued, kind of like the fear of dying in a commercial airliner crash.