What's ironic is that the book goes to great lengths to explain this. The entire point of the book is: use leverage to grow assets. The alternative, not taking

What's ironic is that the book goes to great lengths to explain this. The entire point of the book is: use leverage to grow assets. The alternative, not taking debt and using income to directly pay expenses, is literally called out as the "cash flow pattern of a poor person"! Agree with his financial strategy or not, it's very clear that accumulating debt was part of the plan, not some failing of the plan.