But it was a financial gamechanger for me. 

"owning the property free of debt" is opposite of investing, so if your goal is to invest, makes  lots of money, grow your portfolio, and be able to live with financial freedom, I encourage you that you leave as little equity in all of your investment property as possible.  

So recently I created a Financial Analysis template that would automate my decision making process, generate marketable Pro Forma Financial Statements (Still somewhat of a work in progress).

I just received the financials.

Bank requests PFS, Tax return and LLC financial statement Every Year.

Bank requests PFS, Tax return and LLC financial statement Every Year.

Financials are reviewed and some have thorough bylaws but others are just plain secretive in my opinion. 

They will look out for you and you will do the same for them.Your first purchase is going to be special both emotionally and financially and you will learn a lot from it.Good Luck and Thank you for your service (hope I got that right)

@Beau Shaw I see you are in Orient...where are you focused....If your agent is an investor, you should have very solid financials and comp reports run...and much more...so making the decision to move forward should be very clear...either it makes sense or not.

Went under contract for higher than I was comfortable with but backed out during the option period due to second thoughts about the foundation and the financial commitment.