@Robert Carraway  my niche has always been performing.. others do the heavy lifting and go for the Non performers.. me I am lazy :)  but we don't make Quite as much and frankly the folks we work with if you even mentioned non performing in any manner would run for the hills they want solid performers with good payors..

Nothing wrong with either thing but it's like comparing apples to oranges. 

Lifting the thread to see if anybody can answer the questions I asked.Saran

Anyway, I've found that you if let people "have one bite of the apple" (a quick conversation and request not to do it again) as a courtesy, most of the time they get the message.

I was reading reviews on this type with the click lock and some had issues with the locking mechanism giving and some planks lifting after it was installed.

Turnkey purchases should be looked at the same as any other rental property with the exception of how much heavy lifting you have to do.  

The government has subsidized these food premiums for years, but every year one hears rumors of the subsidy being lifted. this is the REAL scare of purchasing any property that is not on stilts.  

Here in Pittsburgh new investments by Google, Apple, Facebook and Autodesk is a true testament to the growing infrastructure here.

I'm in the growth stage and I need leverage until I'm at the end of the Fannie Mae 5-10 rule (I'll keep going if they lift the rule or push it further). 

I would intern at what ever real estate companies your interested in.My daughter was interested in finance.. and she interned during collage with a high level appraisal company that did apprasing for emanate domain cases.. and she worked on the one in Napa CA were the state and city bought out a big swatch of the napa river for flood control project and many business had to be relocated from hotel to shopping center to car dealer all of them needed to be valued.. it was high level work she enjoyed it.she then went on to graduate top of her class at Davis CA.. in managerial economics degree and promptly got snapped up my Intel after offers from Apple and Micro soft.now 14 years later she is a SEnior controller and a Dave Ramsey disciple which means at her age home just about paid for 2 kids in grade school and NO debt and a ton of savings and max's out her 401k.. she has little interest in real estate she owns one rental but only rents it to family. that was her path.