In slowdown in consumer spending in Europe, US or Japan will also greatly affect China who is already investing at a higher percentage than their consumption.

I'm actually going to turn the 4 BR 2B into a sober house for recovering drug addicts/alcoholics - I will have 8 tenants paying 400.00/month.

Restrict your consumption (e.g., TimFerris stoicism-style) and avoid a property purchase for your primary residence, unless you intend to house hack over and over.

I believe there are diminishing returns on greater and greater levels of consumption.

He has a good job now, and I hope that he'd stay clean, but when a person is under the influence of drug and alcohol, he's not himself.  

Reading a couple books, going to Invest Gainesville REI meetings, and doing as much consumption of bigger pockets as possible has been my curriculum.

When building new, it is possible to design and build houses, and larger buildings, with a modest increase in up-front capital (10 - 15%) costs in comparison to the "normal/typical" minimum code build, which have resulting energy consumption 70%+ lower.  

I also see lifestyle inflation and a massive consumption mentality that further compromises any ability to save or invest adequately.  

In the US we are on a high consumption diet.

I would be careful about bumping the rent to include these services; tenants can get real careless with water consumption if they are essentially getting all they want for a fixed price.