Free and clear vs leveraged

[Tim Moore]

Hey guys, so I keep flip flopping on how I want to structure my real estate business plan in the future. We always talk about "good debt" on BP and I understand that you can use the properties you have to leverage into more properties, but wouldn't your cash flow be much higher if you had it entirely payed off? Part of me wants to pay everything off as quickly as possible because I don't have dreams of being a billionaire or anything. I want enough passive income to supplement mine and my wife's W2 jobs so we can focus on what we love. Does paying off your mortgage not change the cash flow as much as I'm assuming it would or what? Help me out here and let me know what you think about free and clear vs leveraging your properties to get more. Thanks BP!