But he knows things, has teams of people to deal with all the craziness of that class of investing, and can withstand the inevitable financial disasters that come with running that type of housing.

You want to withstand life till 80-85, at minimum, 95 at the tops.

What if I were to tell you the Investor A triplex was sold two years later for a $100K profit whereas Investor B is run down and exhausted from managing their four "C" neighborhood single family homes and when investor B goes to sell,  they can only attract break even offers because the only buyers who would step to the plate were investors who were not willing to pay retail with so much distressed opportunity available in the "C" neighborhood due to limited barriers of entry. 

Do you happen to have an exhaustive list? 

The homes are also built structurally differently to withstand strong winds, etc. even though I think that would be a fairly rare occurrence to encounter that over the next 5-10 years. 

This is a personal liability policy that goes into effect after the personal liability on your other policies (car or home) is exhausted.

For each of my kid's I was so exhausted and out of it I just signed whatever they jammed in front of my face, must have done it then because I never did it later.

Minimal risk and upfront cost (liability withstanding).

The other thing is that when roots get in once, they can get in forever, and a tree cut down can still have root growth until all energy stored is exhausted.

Hey MikeAs others have said, a DSCR loan is your next option when conventional options are exhausted.90 days from purchase date is the rule of thumb and if you can keep your loan to value at 70% or below, you'll find your best financing.