Leverage- can you have it both ways?
Goal 1: Pay off mortgage on the home you live in. (With no plans to borrow against it in the future.)
Goal 2: Begin, grow and accelerate real estate investments using leverage. (The monthly cash that previously was paying the mortgage on your residence now goes into real estate investments *and* you are using leverage to fund / accelerate your rental properties.)
Do the above goals conflict with each other?
In my mind this protects the downside (of losing your home because you can't pay the mortgage) and allows you to take more risk and invest in properties faster.