MANY sectors of RE investments have been unaffected (by a numerical "rents received" standpoint) and other have improved (because people are both flush with gov money AND scared, leading to some downsizing, locking up of rent contracts at lower prices, not wanting to have the extra cost of moving, etc).There is no such thing as recession proof. 

Any advice on what more I can do so that I’m not flushing money down the toilet?

  $900k = 6.67%, $800k = 7.5%, 700k= 8.6% cap rate.Currently I'm running through figures of $150k down, $200k down, $250k down just to see what those numbers flush out to, in order to present an argument that that amount invested would be a fair trade off over 10 years or 15 years. 

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You have no way of knowing what your tenants are going to flush down there.

I would not worry about the water heater, just make sure to flush it every year once you own the property so you can get maximum life out of it.

Keep your reserves flush, and limit exposure to short-term debt.If the worst does happen, none of this isn't going to matter anyway.

I actually work during the day in Lansing although I live in Flushing.

I’ve gotten that response from some other groups as well, but haven’t flushed out the idea.

They are just young and lack life experience, so common sense things like what to flush down a toilet (and what not to) are lacking.