Probably not and the result would be that my nice little illusion of financial independence would be gone!

But if the reason you leverage to the max is to grow your investing for the future and the money does not go there you're creating a false illusion and setting yourself up for bad things.  

I'm not under any illusions that you could actually get it for that.

So I think it does work just not as good as when @Brandon Turner covers it for his market (or maybe we are not as good at it as Brandon - probably some of both).I have no illusions that it being easy but unlike some people I think this is true everywhere including in the low appreciation markets that have not changed much (I think they were challenging when San Diego market was cannot miss).Good luck

I can read the words on the screen but I can't find even the illusion of coherency within what they posit.It's a pithy exercise in gobbledygook, it really is.

This happens to be for a friend who is renting to her young adult children who are well-behaved - just in need of learning about responsibility :) So I'm not as concerned about it being iron-clad as I am with just giving them the illusion that they are expected to be responsible adults.

You may need to calculate your time value to $20/hr starting out and gradually moving that # up as you see some success.The get rich quick schemes are an illusion, this is hard work getting things working right but worth it once the big ball starts rolling. 

Being in school can create the illusion that you are incomplete until someone hands you a degree, or until someone hires you based upon that degree.

I'm sure you are paying a high premium for the name and illusion of nnn

That info is illusive until you have a place under contract.