Interest rates, market downturns or slow periods (as Buffett pointed out), portfolio structure (high risk investment vehicles vs conservative), etc. comprise those variables. 

It looks like the the prior responses were from people owning single family or duplexes,but in bigger buildings it is very uncommon to have hookups in each apartment.but the problems can be several,  one of them, if they put the drain in the sink in scared that the soap etc.

I am looking at paid software programs like Buildium or QuickBooks as a possible solution.For some background, I self-manage 10 units comprised of 3 houses, 1 duplex, and 5 condos. 

But I won’t get on my soap box about that here.

The liberal statement along with implying landlords which this group is largely comprised of is disrespectful and incites debate.

Plan A is always to try to do a vanilla Fannie loan, Plan D is HML... these "alternative documentation" loans occupy the space comprising plans B through C, and that's where the rate/terms fall too.

I just got two single families on a lot comprised as a two family. 

People either use the t.p. and bath soap that is provided, or they bring their own and what I provided is still in its original packaging. 

A plumber is going to have to pump the pipes with air and spray each joint with soap and water to see if there is air bubbles.

The easiest of these is probably a REIT, which is like an ETF or mutual fund comprised entirely of commercial real estate investments (either direct investments (Equity REIT) or investments in the mortgages held by the owners of real estate (Mortgage REIT), or a combination of both (Hybrid REIT)).