You will loose some compounding rate of return for the time your loan is out so factor that in along with your time horizon to retirement.  

In my area you may not let your animal run loose .

@Chris MasonIMHO it’s a loosing proposition for most, not all, agents to mess with most “investors”.Think about it.

Jason Callahan , if you are an accredited investor there might be more passive income invest opportunities which you can tap into.My advice would be to diversify and only begin to invest with an amount you can afford to loose, say $100k

Just a quick note: I am slammed with tax season so I'm sorry I can't go into this more- basically this guy has some good ideas, but he's playing kind of fast and loose and I wouldn't sign off on his return. 

Tiling - know how to replace a loose or broken tile.  

We have beautiful and clean beaches, abundant wildlife(and NO, they do not roam around loose in our streets!)

I have seen it happenn within a year, sometimes less, most times more.With a personal score of 800 you are a shoe-in for most credit lines - but be careful - you can loose everything if the market turns or something unfortunate happens to the business.

One of the most challenging was some "safety of life" repairs (loose 2nd floor railings, etc.) that the lender required to be repaired prior to closing.

Well the inspection came back not revealing any major problems, just run of the mill things like sealing some openings to prevent rodents from coming inside the structure, removing loose dead wiring, broken windows etc.