The pro's are high leverage and no appraisal but cons are a premium in rate you'll end up paying (.125 to .25% in rate) plus lots of points for non owner and higher loan to value such as 90% LTV or 10% down.

Again, my approach was to own my rentals free and clear, not that I am against leverage, but I would leverage OPM for my flips then use "house" money for all my rentals.

The city is also pushing to improve the owner and occupancy rates so be sure to look into leveraging that.

This usually becomes a problem because traditional financing works its way into the equation.If possible, let the IRA take on the leverage and then strategize for UBIT reduction where possible.

Leverage as much of the Refi money as you can if your looking to expand.

The rate is competitive over the time period of repayment, yes.Remember, the problem we're supposedly mitigating here is a short-term cash crunch.I stand by my position that this is a decision personal to each investor and that there are valid reasons why an investor might prefer to build equity rather than maximize cash flow.My observation is that those who are chest-thumpers about cash flow being all that matters and leverage being a miracle tend to have certain characteristics.

The pharmacy sets this up so that when options come up they either exercise or not and landlord has no leverage.

I already leverage Evernote for the time management aspect and now I've learned yet another cool use for the software.

@Richard Gaston Well then you will need to leverage some relationships to help you.

Sometimes it is because I just do cash which makes ROI and CoC the same thing anyway and others because I kind of feel it is somewhat artificial since it will shift based on how much leverage you can get.