That being said 60% leverage is exactly the WORST amount of leverage you can use.  50% or less and you have STAYING power. 80% or more and you have “walk away” power.  

Because every winter there are storms and we lose power for a couple days and the pipes can freeze. 

For those unfamiliar, Claude Code is Anthropic's command-line tool for agentic coding - it's definitely more of a power-user interface compared to the standard AI chats.

We remodeled a property and it's currently listed for sale.

I’ve been seeing more investors use asset utilization loans lately, qualifying based on their liquid assets or portfolio instead of income or tax returns.For experienced investors or self-employed borrowers, this seems like a powerful way to unlock equity and keep scaling even when write-offs limit income on paper.Has anyone here closed a deal using this type of financing?

That’ll go a long way with potential partners.As for ChatGPT, I totally get what you’re saying, but I actually think people underestimate how powerful it really is.

I’ve read  through a contract that did it this way and then the trustee has full power, authority, discretion of the trust in benefit Of the listed beneficiary.

My wife and I first encountered VestRight and loved the sales pitch but also felt hesitant with onboarding/sales techniques.

Partnerships can also be powerful if you align with people who bring complementary strengths, like capital, construction expertise, or deal sourcing.In my case, I started with buy-and-hold rentals, but now our co-investing club pools capital to partner on larger projects together.

The real beauty of real estate is that you can benefit from appreciation while also using depreciation to reduce your taxable income.Other powerful concepts many investors miss include strategically timing capital gains to be offset, leveraging 1031 exchanges, and using creative financing strategies to keep your portfolio growing.And like Janet mentioned, it really depends on several moving parts, your other income sources, where you are in your investment journey, and what other investments or businesses you have.