This $10 device has saved our bacon on numerous occasions.

I have gone through numerous marketing paths and can provide guidance.

I will invest my time once to reap rewards over and over. 

But ideally you will reap the rewards 20 years down the road when your tenant has paid for 80% of the home, you now own it free and clear and your cash flow is handsome.

Because of many of the tax advantages, using this type of funding can save $1000, even $100,000 in taxes making it that much easier to build up a retirement nest egg.All of the retirement vehicles like IRAs, Roth IRAs, 401(k)s, Coverdale Education Savings Accounts, Health Savings Accounts and maybe a few others can be set up with special qualified custodians and then be used to invest directly in whatever type of real estate investment the investor might want to do.This is a whole month long course in itself, so be sure to get educated about Retirement Funds and many of the custodians have numerous articles, vidoes and webinars on the subject to get you educated.Insurance Plans: There are life insurance plans that combine a term life insurance policy with a savings plan.

Although, some may be open for 2nd lien; based on risk and reward

@Marcus JohnsonI've challenged and won numerous changes to my valuations on my multi family properties in MPLS. 

Well duh.. let's reward the borrower for letting their house rot.

This thing is time consuming, but rewarding. 

Been involved in Construction in numerous aspects in the past 15 years and have always had a itch for REI.