Yeah exactly. It really can go either way. The benefits of taking out a loan is that you are more liquid than if you paid straight cash.
@Geoffrey_Chaucer has investment properties so it benefits him, but if you are buying a home that you will live in, and you can afford to buy it out, then why take a loan.
Taking out a loan on an investment property has its risks as well, you still have to account for vacancies...in which case you pay the borrowed money as well as interest so there are too many x factors when discussing taking loans. It really depends on what the loan is for and what direction you want to take.
Geoffrey must work at a bank or something you would think I disrespected Jesus the way the niigga caught feelings.